Word: reformative
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...French Reform: Moroccan and Tunisian nationalist leaders in 1946 demanded the suppression of the French secretariat, administration and gendarmarie, the complete elimination of French influence from government except in local bodies where there was a French minority. The French government replied with a program of reforms which provided for Arab representation in local and municipal government. Reform plans were submerged under a hail of protests from the 1) French colonials, who thought the Arabs were getting too much, and 2) the Arab nationalists, who thought they were not getting enough. France still believes a compromise possible. The French...
Unlike previous elections, which have been conducted under a system of proportional representation, the coming election will be under a majority system. The U.S. Embassy, which has long pressed for this reform, hopes that it will produce a stable one-party government. Before it left office, the coalition managed to put through a clause disfranchising servicemen (Greece has 160,000 men under arms) and withholding the vote from women. This may hurt Marshal Papagos, who is popular in the army, but the majority voting system should help him. He is now favored to win, and if he does...
...analysis of Tillich's broad and difficult religious philosophy. Oberlin's Professor Walter Marshall Horton writes: "In its main lines it is now fixed . . . Before it perishes, it will have furnished a dwelling place for multitudes of homeless modern minds, and it will have contributed to the reform of the modern Church and the reintegration of modern culture...
...Turkish coffee and waited. Inside the library, old Nahas and the party's other top bosses were trying to decide whether to bow down to Egypt's Strongman Mohammed Naguib or to defy him. Their decision might affect the fate of Naguib's well-intentioned, energetic reform movement, and the future of Egypt...
With little to-do last week the Communists shifted headquarters again, from Madras to New Delhi. Probable reason: an effective anti-Communist program in Madras (including land reform, an alliance of non-Communist parties against the Reds, close police watch on Red activities). The program is being carried out by Madras' tough old (73) Chief Minister Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, an old crony of Gandhi's and Indian Communism's self-styled "Enemy...