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Stalin and Khrushchev would be proud of Gorbachev, who is no different in his attempts to strengthen the Soviet economy and expand Soviet influence throughout the world. He is only the first General Secretary with enough Western-style charisma to wow the world community. He has taken the initiative by pouring forth a deluge of proposals for arms reduction, making the United States appear inflexible when we don't accept them...
careful timing of reform, so that the government seems to make changes from a position of strength, rather than in response to demands from below. "Reforms which appear to be granted under pressure from events and the demands of more radical groups can only weaken the regime, strengthen the radicals, lead to more extreme demands from more groups, and provoke a counter-revolutionary backlash...
...students say that if they know an SCRmember from outside of the house, the in-houserelationship can strengthen the tie. " I know oneSCR member well, [because] he went to school withmy roommate's parent. I'm very good friends withhim," says Cabot resident Dana J. Randall...
...City Councilor David E. Sullivan, the Council's best spokesman for students' and tenants' interests. While studying at Harvard Law School, Sullivan got students the right to vote in Cambridge. Since his election in 1980, he has put his conscience and legal acumen to work developing innovative measures to strengthen rent control and preserve neighborhoods...
...education and closer university ties to Washington to solve national problems. Last month it was revealed that Bok and other university heads will release a report to presidential candidates of both parties proposing they work together to rebuild American competitiveness, foster equal opportunity, improve the quality of life, and strengthen "ethical rules of conduct" in society...