Word: reform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...interest, and considerable expertise in determining its own policies. We did not reflexively give military aid to anti-Sandinista rebels in Nicaragua because they asked for it. In fact, many people overrode the Contra sentiment, claiming that there were more effective and more moral ways to achieve much-needed reform in this repressive Central American country...
...rules. President Reagan has proposed increasing the top IRA contribution for nonworking spouses from $250 to the $2,000 that is currently allowed for working people. Many legislators oppose that idea, because they believe it would benefit mostly the wealthy. In another development, the House passed a tax-reform bill last November that included a provision to discourage early IRA withdrawals by increasing the penalty from 10% to 15%. That measure could stand a chance, since the Senate Finance Committee is considering the same step...
HARVARD, BY CONTRAST, has failed to make its students aware of the frequency of date rape or to provoke examination of the problem. On the last page of a University Health Service pamphlet on rape, students are urged to "work to reform your own and other's attitudes about rape, to work to end misconceptions." But when students--or student groups like Response, which runs what are unfortunately sparsely-attended workshops on date rape--try To do this, the University does not offer adequate support...
White, 28, who recently served as Assistant District Attorney, officially entered the race on March 20, when he pledged to make affordable housing more available in the district. He also advocated stricter drunk driving laws and Senate rules reform...
Holway and Sullivan have voiced emphases closer to the political center. Holway has called for "more compassionate government"--and more stringent criminal sentencing. Sullivan's recent campaign announcement called on business and industry to augment social programs. She has also emphasized the housing and MBTA reform as issues to be addressed. Holway called Sullivan "a formidable opponent," rating White's candidacy as less of a challenge to his campaign...