Word: reform
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...Cambridge school committee members focus their efforts on a rational review of policy issues. They resist the temptation to get bogged down in personalities-or the quick-fix school reform proposals trumpeted by ambitious states and national politicians," continues the report by the NEA, which is the nation's largest teachers' union...
...effectively the political climate of his era, unless that climate directly infringed upon his own experience. Wolfe respected the influence of Marxist critics, for example, but "found ingratiating himself with the literary Left both time-consuming and exasperating." Typically, he did not capture a moment in an effort to reform it, but rather in an effort to remember it. Function lagged far behind form, got lost somewhere in the piles of unpublished manuscripts and unsent letters...
...warring factions have since settled into an uneasy standoff, as Deng has sought the middle ground. That was clearly evident last week when Premier Zhao Ziyang, a leading Deng disciple, delivered the Congress's opening address. While some reformers "are not sober-minded enough," Zhao declared in his 1-hour, 50-minute speech, their conservative opponents may not be "mentally emancipated enough." In any case, Zhao said, the government has already rooted out the worst excesses of reform: "After several months of work since the end of last year, we have curbed bourgeois liberalization, which was once quite widespread." Having...
...political debate. Foreign observers expect him to remain in power, but with somewhat diminished support. "It would be hard to conceive of Deng being toppled," says Kenneth Lieberthal, director of the - University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies. Experts also agree that while the pace of Deng's reforms may be slowed, they will not be rolled back. The fall of the reform-minded Hu Yaobang, however, muddies the outlook. His ouster could turn what had shaped up as a smooth transition of leadership into a bitter brawl for succession once Deng leaves power...
Like similar charges in the past, the indictment seemed well timed to coincide with tax-filing season, when people sitting down to struggle with Form 1040 have little sympathy for big shots who take advantage of fancy dodges. Tax reform, which went into effect on Jan. 1, is designed to eliminate many legitimate shelters and reduce the incentive for chiseling by cutting the maximum tax rate from 50% to an eventual 28%. But tax experts doubt that the shelter game is over. Says John McAtee, a securities lawyer with Davis Polk & Wardwell: "The Government will continue to create new loopholes...