Word: reformations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since then, the Soviet economic reform, marking the ideological bankruptcy of old-line Marxism, has become one of the most fascinating stories for Western journalists. It continued last week as the Russians made their latest and biggest move in the new direction (see THE WORLD, "On Toward the Goulash"). While their road is certainly not marked Private Enterprise, it is startlingly different from the rigidly planned, tightly structured Soviet economy of old-and it involves more than a passing bow in the direction of the profit motive in human affairs...
Claudia Cardinale as Sandra performs an exquisite tragic role until she turns from self-destruction to reform. Visconti then takes her off-camera quickly, and she reappears only briefly at the end of the film. The film has jumped its tracks and no actress would have been capable of staying aboard...
...conference -- with representatives from all eight Ivy schools -- discussed primarily issues of educational reform, including the role of undergraduate curriculum evaluation...
Opponents of such a reform might argue that a student should somehow stand ready to be examined in a course at any time, at least after the end of reading period. But even if people studied more regularly than they do now, they should still be able to count on the last few days before an exam for review. If they are too sick to study then, they have not had a fair chance to prepare and they should not be forced to take the examination...
...Reform Bill, which was one of President Johnson's major legislative objectives, wipes out some of the obvious inadequacies of the National Origins System enacted in 1924. The present quota system allows only 158,561 immigrants annually with a 70 per cent allotment going to Britain, Ireland, and Germany...