Word: reform
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Churches of Christ dot the country; religiousexperts say they are the inheritors of the 19thcentury Campbellite Fundamentalist reform movementin America. The Church of Christ should not beconfused with the United Church of Christ, a muchmore centrist descendant of the New EnglandCongregationalist tradition...
...remedy to the imminent decline of America inthe world economy, Thurow said the governmentwould have to reform laws and industrial researchpolicies to compete better with Japan...
...part of the initiative to improve American competitiveness, Bok has called for an increased international presence at Harvard. Earlier this month, a special assistant to the President disclosed a report prepared for Bok which recommended that Harvard reform its admissions practices to increase the quality and number of foreign students in its schools. And in a speech last spring Bok criticized the Reagan Administration's foreign policy for tending toward isolationism...
...armed and in the field. "This award," it said, "should inspire all of us to renew our efforts to ensure that enduring peace and democracy eventually come to the region." The Administration has consistently maintained that only continued pressure by the contras will compel the Sandinistas to undertake genuine reform...
...possibly the most important of the issues to go before the council last year--reform of the disciplinary system--the council was captured by the administration. Rather than standing firm as the students' voice, the council leaders submitted to the deans and accepted window dressings in place of actual reforms. The council members didn't push to give students the minimal protection of a written code of rules...