Word: successful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush's plans hinge on the domestic success of his Soviet counterpart, foreign policy experts at Harvard and in Washington say. They say there is a wide gap between what the Soviet people expect from Gorbachev's economic reforms and what he can deliver in the near future. The growing restlessness of the Soviet population, particularly its minorities, and the barely hidden bitterness of conservative forces could cripple Gorbachev and reverse the "softening" of Soviet foreign policy...
...success of the civil rights and women's movements has turned the world on its head. Those who challenged power are now in it, and their demands often seem unreasonable...
Several community leaders--but not Harvard offcials--say the success of the hotel project hinges on a related development on the site of the University-owned Harvard Motor Inn. Currently, the city holds a property right, known as an easement, that allows it to operate a municipal parking lot there, preventing new development...
...going to be an empty place if there isn't a lot of hiring going on. So much work and so little success--you keep sending out offers and you keep getting rejected," says Aage B. Sorensen, who heads the Sociology Department. "Most departments will have to spend enormous resources just maintaining the status...
...recently admitted, capitalism has evolved a "mutually accepted legal framework," such that "class conflicts largely take place through the achievement of compromise." By adapting, capitalism disarmed the dialectic. The Soviets are now obsessed with adaptation. They recognize that the West's capacity for adaptation is the key to its success -- and the Soviets' incapacity for it is the cause of their decline...