Word: reformations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tremors emanating from Czechoslovakia's extraordinary wave of reform not only shook the country itself but spread through all of Eastern Europe. In Prague, Party Boss Alexander Dubcek, chief architect of the reforms, consolidated his position and opened the way for further liberalization by forcing the resignation of deposed Party Chief Antonin Novotny, 63, as President of the country that he had ruled with an iron hand for 15 years. Polish students used the reforms in Czecho slovakia as a herald in their defiance of the government. Rumanian Party Boss Nicolae Ceausescu, an earlier liberalizer (TIME cover, March...
...presidency until the Czechoslovak National Assembly can meet to elect a successor to Novotny. The party Presidium made plans to restore the reputations of as many as 30,000 people disgraced in Novotny's purges. This week the Central Committee is due to get Dubcek's reform program, which is likely to remove some controls on the economy and give the people a greater voice in their affairs. While the other top Communists in the Soviet bloc are clearly worried about the program's impact in their countries, Dubcek must deliver something to his own people...
...response to recent riots and dem onstrations in Cairo, President Gamal Abdel Nasser promised to reform and improve his government. Last week he began the process. In the most thor ough Cabinet shakeout since he rose to power 16 years ago, Nasser sacked twelve of his 29 ministers, including two men who symbolized the pro-West and pro-Communist factions within his regime. He was apparently willing to part with such trusted associates in or der to give his Cabinet a fresh and more nonpolitical appearance...
...Judiciary Committee is presently considering an "omnibus bill," prepared by the Special Commission on Mental Health, which would make this state one of the most progressive in mental health reform...
...themselves, the revisions voted Wednesday cannot be faulted: the CEP added some solid college courses to the NROTC requirement as well as sifting some of the chaff from the curriculum. But a reform like this carries the danger that the Faculty will feel spared of reconsidering the larger questions around ROTC. Just as fourth course pass-fail for the moment pushed any wide debate on Harvard's grading system aside, the NROTC revisions threaten to bury the issue of whether ROTC has any place in the Harvard curriculum...