Word: reform
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Countering Mahoney's "Your home is your castle" slogan, Agnew ran a classic liberal-moderate campaign. He pushed for tax reform, open housing laws, took a moderate stand on law and order and called for the repeal of a Maryland statute prohibiting interacial marriages...
Liberal and black Democrats from the overwhelmingly Democratic suburban Washington, D.C., counties championed Agnew as the ideal candidate; a moderate career public executive who approached elective office with more emphasis on problem solving than on partisanship. Reform-minded Democratic leaders throughout the state told voters over and over throughout the campaign, "Agnew...
Countering Mahoney's "Your home is your castle" slogan, Agnew ran a classic liberal-moderate campaign. He pushed for tax reform, open housing laws, took a moderate stand on law and order and called for the repeal of a Maryland statute prohibiting inter-racial marriages...
Inflation rages unchecked, moves toward international monetary reform are stalled (see story following page), Washington is still shaken by scandals-so what is the stock market doing? Going up, of course. In the past six weeks, the Dow Jones industrial average has shot up about 100 points, recovering roughly half of its January-through-August decline. Last week the average got as high as 953 and closed at 947; three times, turnover on the New York Stock Exchange topped 20 million shares a day. The rising prices and volume may have generated enough commission income to enable the brokerage industry...
...midsummer, Nairobi seemed likely to be remembered as the birthplace of a new financial system that would replace the crisis-shattered one tied to a U.S. dollar. But all the top powers were able to bring forth was a deadline of next July 31 for really, truly agreeing on reform. Otherwise, the IMF delegates had a week to listen to speeches; gape at lions, zebras and giraffes; wander around what may be the world's most beautiful conference center; and try to avoid rip-offs on the streets...