Word: reformer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Amid the uncertainty, a number of new reform proposals are being floated. One would replace the austral with the dollar, eliminating one major cause of inflation by depriving Menem's government of the ability to print money. For just that reason, not to mention outraged nationalistic sensibilities, the idea is sure to go nowhere...
...present Communist Party and state leadership will not permit the breakup of the federal state." With that harsh comment on the Lithuanian party's decision to break with Moscow, Mikhail Gorbachev laid down the limit on Soviet political reform. After months of acquiescence while communist parties across Eastern Europe went their own way, Gorbachev made it clear that a similar move by any of the 15 republics of the U.S.S.R. would be considered "illegitimate." No group had yet dared to defy Moscow in this way, and Gorbachev let his anger show. "If we cross this line," he declared...
BOSTON--Former Massachusetts Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti formally announced his candidacy for governor on the Democratic ticket yesterday, labelling himself as an "outsider" who could reform a troubled state government...
Bellotti supporters who attended the campaignkickoff yesterday said his experience in stategovernment and commitment to reform are among hisstrongest attractions. Mitchell M. Krigest, aBellotti Volunteer, said that Bellotti's greateststrength was in "managing the resources he has toget the job done...
Another Bellotti volunteer, Michael A. Fraini,said he liked Bellotti's reform-oriented message."His clear message of reform in the Democraticparty offers renewed hope for the state and theparty itself," Fraini said