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...first of the visits next week, current Gov. Rafael Hernandez-Colon will make the case that Puerto Rico should retain its current status as an American commonwealth, according to members of La Organizacion, the student group sponsoring the event...
Harvard needs a way to retain promising scholars for longer than eight years without taking the irreversible step of offering lifetime posts. Fortunately, there is a solution to Harvard's faculty woes that would remove disincentives to innovation, restore discipline and accountability to the Faculty, clean out academic deadwood in senior faculty ranks and eliminate barriers to young scholars, all while protecting academic freedom and providing a modicum of job security...
...Eager to retain Moscow's approval and economic support, the Hanoi government is dancing with some vigor to Gorbachev's new tune. The geriatric government of Communist Party Secretary-General Nguyen Van Linh has reduced its armed forces by 500,000 troops over the past two years. Economic reforms begun in 1987 have included devaluing the currency, slashing subsidies for state enterprises and permitting a free market to blossom. The results have been encouraging. Last year Viet Nam exported more than 1 million tons of rice, the largest shipment in decades. But a U.S. trade embargo remains intact, and Viet...
Under a new Soviet law, more than 20 homes will be turned over to the Health Ministry. Only Gorbachev and Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov will retain their country residences. Says Ella Panfilova, a commission staffer: "We've already had people calling to complain. Some are really angry...
...that during the preceding three years, 93% of U.S. colleges and universities had taken some action that "may have had the effect of reducing the proportion of faculty members on tenure." Arkansas legislators last year required all state campuses to review tenured teachers annually, partly to decide whether to retain them. Says Mike Gauldin, spokesman for Governor Bill Clinton: "This is how we're going to make sure our money is well spent...