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...always a party secretary to enforce Communist discipline. Before Deng's reforms, there was no question that the Communist secretary dominated, even if he was functionally illiterate in basic business precepts. Since 1984, though, Beijing has directed that party secretaries leave operations to the factories' designated managers -- a direct slap at Leninist ideology, which holds that since the party is the only body capable of enforcing the will of the workers, factories must be under party control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day in The Life . . . . . . Of China: Free to Fly Inside the Cage | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...weakened version of the affirmative action report is not only an attempt to lessen the non-administrative faculty voice, but also a direct slap in the face to a substantial group of students who have been committed to forcing FAS and the University to increase its minority hiring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intolerance of Opinions | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

...slap was only one of many this year, as Harvard continually turned a deaf ear to students' concerns. This tendency to ignore student concerns was exemplified in the University's refusal to substantially improve campus security...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intolerance of Opinions | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

...slap was only one of many this year, as Harvard continually turned a deaf ear to students concerns. This tendency to ignore student concerns was exemplified in the University's refusal to substantially improve campus security...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intolerance of Opinions | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

...weakened version of the affirmative action report is not only an attempt to lessen the non-administrative faculty voice, but also a direct slap in the face to a substantial group of students who have been committed to forcing FAS and the University to increase its minority hiring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intolerance of Opinions | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

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