Word: reform
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...possibility would be for the government to find some way of reaching a compromise on the constitutional issue, or at least on electoral reform. Roh, who is thought to be a bit more flexible than Chun, implied such a solution when he told a group of South Korean reporters, "Our party will work out measures to cope with the present situation, respecting as much as possible public opinion and the people's aspirations as demonstrated in recent developments." An unnamed Democratic Justice Party official widely quoted in the Seoul press also seemed to indicate that Chun was backpedaling...
...subsidiaries of U.S. companies. Early opponents of divestiture were concerned that the departures of American firms would mean a dramatic loss of jobs for black workers, but that fear has so far $ proved unjustified. However, advocates of divestiture who hoped that the corporate walkouts would spur the government to reform, even slightly, its policy of apartheid have been sorely disappointed...
...rotting shame developing in the Pacific Northwest last week was only the first sign of a crisis that could spread through other agricultural regions of the U.S. this summer as an unintended consequence of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. The problem: a dire shortage of migrant workers, many of them illegal aliens from Mexico who are staying home or sticking close to the border this summer because they are afraid of deportation under the new law. Last week more than one-third of Oregon's $30 million strawberry crop was rotting because only about half the state...
...Wedtech scandal has prompted some congressional interest in reform legislation. Massachusetts Democrat Nicholas Mavroules, who chairs a House small-business subcommittee, is championing a bill that would bar any political appointee from helping select minority contractors or managing the program. A more controversial approach, favored by Massachusetts Republican Congressman Silvio Conte, would require minority contractors to participate in competitive bidding and eliminate the SBA's awkward role as the middleman between federal agencies and minority businesses...
South Korea has been plagued in recent months by student-led demonstrations demanding direct elections. Chun intensified the opposition to his regime by declaring on April 13 that no constitutional reform would be considered until after the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul. Though Roh has a reputation as a conciliator, the opposition Reunification Democratic Party dismissed his selection by Chun as "just another act in the political script of the ruling party designed to extend power...