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...traditionally the most staunch supporter of Stalinism, views Gorbachev most harshly. "His policies can only weaken the Soviet Union," says Doares. "We hope that he will turn it around or that he will be kicked out and others will turn it around...
...Gorbachev can strengthen the presidency and simultaneously weaken the party's influence, he will have pulled off his most significant political coup to date. Far from giving up his post as party leader, Gorbachev will need that authority for the near future, until presidential powers have been legally guaranteed. And after that? There is a growing realization, even in party circles, that the "leading role" of the Communist Party, enshrined in Article 6 of the constitution, will have to go -- as long as there is a referee to ensure that the emergence of a multiparty system does not result...
...fact, one of the reasons we named ourselves "The Society of Nerds and Geeks" is to draw people's attention to this telling fact about American language and culture. We think that this attitude will severely weaken the United States as an economic and political power in the 21st century...
...PBHA cabinet's recent opposition to Prop 1-2-3, a Cambridge ballot initiative that would weaken the city's system of rent control, is a classic example of the ambiguous political implications of opposing social problems. Ehrenreich defended the move by saying that "the proposition would severely hurt the populations our programs are trying to serve...
What will work? Only policies the West takes for granted but that could weaken Gorbachev's grip on power -- lifting price controls, encouraging more entrepreneurism, decentralizing economic decision making...