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...opposition to his dramatic economic program. I understand that there are different views regarding the reforms. Yes, that's true, but compared with seven years ago [when there were strong objections to the agricultural reforms], the differing views are on a much smaller scale. When we first started introducing the reforms in the countryside, there were quite a few people who were not in favor of reform. In the first two years, a third of the regions of China were still not so enthusiastic and were left behind in starting reforms. So they waited a year, and when they found...
...urban reform. This is the core of our economic restructuring. This is more complicated as it involves more problems. Just as with what happened seven years ago, there are some people, although fewer in number, who are worried about reform in the cities. And I think their worries are not completely without reason. So our approach to their misgivings and worries is the same approach that we adopted seven years ago. We will let practice dissipate their worries and misgivings. We permit people to disagree. Our attitude toward those who have misgivings or worries is to understand them. Perhaps...
...London more subtle but much more powerful forces for reform were at work. Fritz Leutwiler, an independent mediator and former Bank for International Settlements president, held private meetings with South African finance officials and representatives of 30 multinational banks to discuss repayment of South Africa's $14 billion in short-term foreign debt. The government froze payments on the debt seven weeks ago after many banks, fearful that racial violence would destroy the economy, cut off credit. Sources close to the meetings said their object was to find a way to restore South Africa's credit lines...
...battle may be academic, but it is far from meaningless. The institution is in the midst of a curricular reform that, if successful, would likely be imitated elsewhere. As Kennedy notes, "Harvard is the most influential law school on legal education and how the outside world perceives law." It has also been a source of much of the thinking that is being fought over, including the mainstream faculty notion that law can contribute to incremental but progressive change in American society. "So many people on either side of the debate are the personification of the ideas being challenged," says David...
...been for the Marcos family," Falwell told an audience that included the First Couple, government supporters and officials, "the chances are that the freedoms you enjoy today would not be here." Falwell later shook his finger at the Reagan Administration for "bellyaching" about the need for financial and military reform in the Philippines and demanded that after the announced elections the U.S. "get behind the country with unswerving support...