Word: reform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reform legislator in a machine-dominated state, Simon found life in Springfield lonely, until a few like-minded colleagues were elected in 1956. One of them was Jeanne Hurley, a liberal Democratic lawyer from the Chicago suburb of Wilmette. "Long before Paul and I fell in love," she recalls, "we were working together as colleagues." Simon proposed on their second date. This being the 1950s, Hurley reconciled herself to giving up her legislative seat, though even today one can hear hints of regret over abandoning her dream of becoming a judge. Their respective religions were a more serious problem...
...Lieutenant Governor under Republican Richard Ogilvie and thus became the top Democrat in the state. In his bid to become Governor four years later, he won the endorsement of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. It was a rare miscalculation for Simon: not only did this marriage of convenience sully his reform reputation, but the Daley machine failed to deliver. He was upended by Maverick Dan Walker in the primary...
...peace framework may yet buckle under the weight of details. A central concern is whether Nicaragua's Marxist-oriented comandantes will honor their commitments to democratic reform and peaceful coexistence with their neighbors, or are merely making temporary moves to ensure the destruction of the contras. Since the signing of the accord, Nicaragua has taken several small steps, among them reopening the opposition daily La Prensa and Radio Catolica, inviting three exiled priests to return home and beginning talks with Nicaragua's opposition parties. But, warns an Arias aide, "we see all kinds of indications that Ortega would like...
...Soviet Union is starting a spiritual reform in literature, cinematography, theater and the media, he said. "We hope that the changes in the moral-cultural area will go into other levels of our country. It's a long process, but we have no other way," Rybakov told the largely Russian audience...
...Some reform proposals are likely to help -- or hurt -- more than others, and it may not be entirely healthy that they are coming up for consideration in the wake of a traumatic and ill-understood crisis. And what regulatory changes are eventually made could still depend on how those crotchety and volatile markets perform in the months ahead...