Word: reform
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Witty, extremely popular with his fellow Congressmen, Adams is the House's foremost expert on transportation . . . Drafted and pushed through a plan for the Conrail system that subsidizes formerly unprofitable Northeastern railroads . . . Urges thorough congressional reform of airline regulation; wants carriers to be freer in setting fares . . . As Chairman of the House Budget Committee, has deftly negotiated precarious compromises between big spenders and conservatives . . . Episcopalian . . . Married, four children . . . Superb tennis player...
...Japanese sense of grace will not permit me to stay." With that, he withdrew for the weekend to his mountain villa 80 miles west of Tokyo to put the final touches on what is expected to be an unusual combination: an offer to resign tied to demands for reform. These include renunciation of "money politics," an energetic continuation of the Lockheed probe and the election of a successor from the party at large, rather than by L.D.P. Diet members. Without such concessions, Miki could well refuse to resign since he retains considerable support. In that case he might yet survive...
Tight-lipped and haggard, Japan's Premier Takeo Miki waded into the TV glare to concede defeat. Acknowledging an "unprecedented crisis of the postwar years," Miki called on his faction-torn Liberal Democratic Party to "accept frankly the judgment of the people" and seek "reform and change." The L.D.P. has little choice. In an election upset with far-ranging implications, 57 million Japanese voters last week dealt the country's ruling party its worst drubbing since it was formed...
...election increased the strength of four of Japan's five opposition parties in the lower house of the Diet (the other loser: the Communists, who dropped 22 of their 39 seats). The chief beneficiaries of the voter uprising were three moderate reform groups: the Buddhist-backed Komeito (Clean Government Party), the Democratic Socialist Party and the New Liberal Club, a maverick L.D.P. spin-off dedicated to "rehabilitating conservatism...
...fielded, 17 won, an astonishing triumph for a new party in Japan. Kono told TIME last week: "We're not socialists. But we insist on equality of opportunity. We want fair competition in business. We want a smaller and more efficient bureaucracy." Those themes and N.L.C. calls for reform of campaign finance and the school system's "examination hell" clearly struck home with the voters. The victory has made Kono a national figure and raised talk of a possible coalition with the L.D.P...