Word: reform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BERLIN--Hard-line East German leader Ericn Honecker, who oversaw the building of the Berlin Wall, stepped down yesterday and was replaced by a younger Communist Party loyalist amid growing unrest and calls for democratic reform...
...control by his hosts, the two-day visit went off without any major embarrassments. Arriving at Schonefeld Airport on Friday, the Soviet leader was greeted with enthusiastic cries of "Gorbi! Gorbi!" but the reception remained calm. About 3,000 people gathered the next day in Alexanderplatz to demand government reform, the biggest such demonstration in East Berlin since 1953, but again the police managed to control the crowd. Officials were less successful in keeping the lid on demonstrations outside the capital: in Dresden and Leipzig violent clashes between protesters and police continued throughout the weekend...
...public statements Gorbachev walked a fine line between encouraging reform and offering support for Erich Honecker, East Germany's aged and embattled leader. Wading into a crowd with characteristic aplomb, the Soviet visitor urged patience. "Don't panic. Don't get depressed. We'll go on fighting together for socialism." He made a strong show of solidarity with Honecker, standing shoulder to shoulder with him as they reviewed a torchlight parade. When he alluded to the current crisis in a televised address, Gorbachev took pains to be circumspect. "We know our German friends well," he said. "We know their ability...
THESE suggestions are largely structural. But structural changes can have a substantial effect on the debate of a body that has not yet decided exactly what it wants to do. Once the council has regained the faith of students through internal reform, it can begin to act instead of just reacting, taking on the issues--political or otherwise--that are most important to the student body. Maybe then the council can take itself a little more seriously and earn back the confidence of the student body it purports to represent...
...crucial step for the U.S. and other countries is to listen to the people of Cambodia. After so many years of war, "social reform" and oppresive government, most would simply like a chance for peace...