Word: reform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disciplinary reform,] he was trying tohear what are the concerns underlying the studentcriticism," says Wolocowitz. "Even if we couldn'timplement exactly what the Undergraduate Councilproposed, we tried to address those concerns...
Earlier this year, when he was in the midst oftrying to reform the much-criticized Committee onRights and Responsibilities, Jewett made a pointof going to visit each house committee to answerstudent questions and hear their complaints...
Czechoslovakia's Premier Lubomir Strougal, a longtime advocate of reform, has taken the lead in attacking orthodoxy in what Western diplomats believe is shaping up as a power struggle. Strougal recently denounced the economic policies of the Husak years, saying, "The reforms of 1968 were politically misused . . . but after that, our economy was managed with the methods of the 1950s...
Rumania remains fundamentally opposed to reform. More than two decades of rule by Nicolae Ceausescu, 69, has dismantled a once vigorous economy, created serious food shortages and established the most repressive police force in the Soviet bloc since Stalin. Ceausescu is adamantly against the reforms he sees in Moscow. Said he in a speech in January: "There is no way one can speak about socialist perfection and at the same time advocate so-called market socialism and free competition...
...might when layoffs occur during recession. In such a crisis, stricken families can lose their houses, cars and other vital possessions. Many people are making themselves more vulnerable by taking out large home-equity loans. The popularity of such loans has grown enormously under the new tax-reform law, which is phasing out the deductibility of interest payments on most other kinds of consumer credit...