Word: reformations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bound by the strict moral prohibition against interfering in politics that would inhibit Anglo-Saxon military men. As a result of a legacy that dates back to the military's role in liberating the continent from Spain in the 1800s and to its subsequent support for social reform, the officers consider themselves the saviors and protectors of their countries' wellbeing. If the exercise of this lofty mission entails tossing a few politicians out of office, the military conscience remains untwinged...
Once his Cabinet was sworn in by President Giuseppe Saragat at the Palazzo Quirinale last week, Rumor continued work on the policy statement that he will present to the Parliament. He will almost certainly reaffirm Italy's commitment to NATO, call for reform of university and school laws and press for increases in worker pensions. Rumor's skill in allotting posts across the coalition's entire range assures him of support from about 360 of the chamber's 630 deputies. All his agility as a compromiser may prove useless, however, unless he can quickly produce...
...precede efforts to introduce more flexible exchange rates. Under today's International Monetary Fund rules, member nations must prevent their currencies from going more than 1% above or below official parity. Allowing fluctuations of 4% or 5% would theoretically help to eliminate recurrent monetary crises. But such a reform would take quite a bit of time to negotiate, and the talks themselves might heighten speculation...
...article, "The Case for Constitutional Reform at Harvard," Galbraith said, "The governing authority must have a range of professional and scholarly competence coordinate with the problems with which it deals...
...this very willingness to accept change that COWI members seek to instill into the students and administration at Wellesley. The reform-minded students want to demonstrate that unconventional courses and girls who are not from a "middle class social milieu" are not inferior just because they are different...