Word: reform
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Schindler, 51, who calls himself a moderate but "not a political Zionist," fled Nazi Germany when he was twelve. He earned a Purple Heart as a ski trooper in World War II and graduated from New York's City College before becoming a Reform rabbi. Since 1973 he has been president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, an umbrella group for 750 Reform temples that count a membership...
Most of the candidates accept this argument. But Abzug seems emotionally unable to settle for that. Though she pledges administrative reform, and acknowledges the need to keep business and attract new firms through partial tax exemptions and expansion of industrial parks, she also argues that New York must restore such services as free undergraduate tuition at City University when resources permit...
...technological advances in personal record-keeping that the Government has been unable to keep pace with controls. Congress enacted the Privacy Act of 1974 to restrict abuses by federal officials, but has done almost nothing about misdeeds in private business. The Linowes report puts forward 162 recommendations for reform. The package may be overdetailed and could lead to a costly bureaucratic nightmare. But, at minimum, Congress should enact legislation that would...
...Williams, the Senate Budget Committee's chief counsel: "Before the CBO, we just did not have the figures to work with. Now CBO studies on defense issues have allowed us to take a really good look at costs. The same goes for proposed food-stamp and Social Security reform." In short, the information supplied by the CBO holds down spending because it forces ordinarily open-wallet Congressmen to face up to deficits. Majority Leader James Wright of Texas was particularly incensed a few months ago when Rivlin said her office estimated that the Government could not possibly spend...
...first step in Switzerland's bank reform program took effect this month: a new code of conduct, drawn up by the Swiss National Bank, the country's central financial institution, and the Swiss Bankers' Association. No longer are clients allowed to open a Swiss account without revealing their true identity. Anonymous banking, when it was allowed, was a powerful attraction for corrupt dictators and Mafiosi, among others, seeking to hide their funds. Under the new rules, Swiss bankers are barred from providing active assistance to customers who evade taxes or export capital illegally from foreign countries...