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Perhaps a better question is in which direction Harvard should move. Here the answer is more clear: toward openness. A University that thrives on free discussion and the exchange of ideas should undo the closed nature of its decision-making structures...
...make good on the potential of the socialist idea. The very fact that I'm saying this is further proof that I'm a convinced socialist. I think in the questions you sent me, you were probing my ideological positions. Well, I am a communist. I'm sure that answer doesn't make you too enthusiastic, but it shouldn't make you panic either. It's quite normal...
...glad you asked, because I think the answer will be of interest not just to the readers of TIME but to the Soviet people as well. I have been personally criticized for being too soft or too democratic. I don't know if it's possible to be too democratic, but that's what is sometimes said. And I'm also criticized for being indecisive. Some people are nostalgic for the past. I think we should move along the path we have chosen, which is the path of developing and expanding the processes of democratization and glasnost. We are committed...
What can they do to stop the U.S. from ramming its own answer to the German question down their throats? "Nothing," admits a close Gorbachev adviser. "But the outcome will influence our approach on many other matters. If the old German Democratic Republic joins NATO, the Soviet military will be harder for all of us, including Gorbachev, to deal with on a variety of other issues." That presumably refers to the many issues of nuclear and conventional arms control that will not be resolved at the summit this week...
...funeral. Security was tight everywhere, but police stayed away from the burial in Martyrs' Cemetery, where militant Muslim youths fired volleys from assault rifles in his honor. While no organization has claimed responsibility for Farooq's assassination, most of his mourners seemed to blame the Indian government. In answer to the question "Who killed Muhammad Farooq?" the crowd roared back, "Jagmohan!" referring to the hard-line governor appointed by New Delhi in January to stamp out the 22-month-old rebellion in India's sole state with a Muslim majority. On Friday the governor resigned, and will be replaced...