Word: reformer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. If a bi-partisan House task force does not submit a bill by early March, Oklahoma Democrat David Boren will introduce his own in the Senate. Democrats generally favor campaign-spending limits and use of public funds in campaigns; Republicans oppose both...
...themselves to the fact that they cannot continue forever to dominate 26 million blacks politically, economically and socially. Blacks, who have fought so ineffectually for almost 80 years, have come to feel that their long struggle has not been in vain. In the climate of flexibility fostered by the reform-minded government of State President F.W. de Klerk, the vast majority of South Africans expect a new kind of country to emerge. But the races are still far, far apart on what kind of country that will...
Mandela's unconditional release is widely regarded as the key to implementing the government's promises of reform. It is believed that if anyone can bridge the vast divides between whites and blacks, and among the blacks themselves, Mandela can. The white government looks on him as a born- again moderate, a "man you can negotiate with," as De Klerk himself decided. For blacks, Mandela may be the one who, as the personification of their long suffering, can help them transcend the disagreements over strategy and allegiance that have splintered their strength, and bargain on equal terms with the whites...
However, the whites' commitment to reform stops short of entrusting their own destiny to any other than white hands. If apartheid as a method has failed to protect their rights and privileges, whites will find another, more palatable way to retain them. De Klerk has put the position squarely a number of times: "White domination must end, but we are not prepared to exchange it for black domination...
...semester, we will be circulating petitions in all college dining halls outlining this proposal. If enough support can be found, we hope that Dean Jewett and other administrative officials will consider making the change in schedule. Patricia A. Hutchinson '92 Shannon J. Willey '92 Co-chairs, Students for Schedule Reform...