Word: reform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Never let it be said that Margaret Thatcher lacks courage. After confidently taking on the miners, the press and the teachers, the Prime Minister has announced plans to reform two of the country's most prestigious professions, medicine and law. Her proposals, the most sweeping in decades, prove that Thatcher has lost none of her zeal for leading Britain toward a more open, free-market economy...
This goes to the heart of Baker's ideas for pursuing the opportunities created by Mikhail Gorbachev's seemingly sincere desire to reform the Soviet Union. Like Bush, Baker does not fear a resurgent Moscow. "If they really reform their economic system," he says, "they'll be more secure at home and thus less inclined to military adventurism abroad." Baker's only worry, it seems, is that Gorbachev's days may be numbered. But as long as Gorbachev retains control, Baker is determined to deal wherever...
...conflict between the School Department and the mayor goes deeper than this one student assignment plan. Flynn has virtually declared war on the Boston School Department and was quoted as saying, "We're talking about fundamental reform, and I'm taking it forward. And I'm not finished. I want school-based management. I'm for real reform. I know its going to rock the system. And after that, I want a serious review of how the School Committee is elected...
...Willie remains optimistic. He says, "Each time it comes to a decision-making hurdle, the community has jumped over it...There are very positive signs in Boston that we are likely to get real reform and lasting reform...
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev hopes the more open method of selecting candidates will provide a jolt for his lagging reforms. As he explained during the Supreme Soviet that convened in November to approve the procedures, "If we do not carry out a political reform to back up the processes that are now under way in the economy, the restructuring drive will inevitably begin to falter...