Word: reformative
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Appointed by Harry Truman as chief of the Marshall Plan special mission to Italy in 1948, with the rank of minister, he too started off by stepping on Italian toes with some blunt talk about the government's land-reform plans. Before he left in 1950, Italy had come to respect him as much as he respected Italy...
...shippers in its own area, the union reduced its demand to a contract covering all Port of New York shippers who also operate in other ports. One reason why the I.L.A. will fight hard for a coastwide deal: such a contract will make it more difficult for the rival, reform-minded A.F.L. International Brotherhood of Longshoremen-with its principal strength in New York-to establish locals elsewhere...
...radio of North Viet Nam joined in reluctant unity with its Communist brothers in Eastern Europe. It had trouble to report, too. "Riots," said the Red radio, "broke out in Nghean Province when a gang of reactionaries, taking advantage of mistakes committed during the political implementation of the land reform, molested soldiers and cadres of the people's regime, seized quantities of arms and blocked traffic. Many dead and wounded were reported among the soldiers and cadres. Drastic measures have been taken to maintain security...
Slichter said that Harris "failed to discuss important aspects" of Eisenhower's policy, including reform of the Council of Economic Advisors, tax reform, farm policy, and foreign trade policy. He praised the Administration's management of the budget and said that although "growth of indebtedness should be carefully watched," it does not mean that present prosperity is "sham...
There's not so much to be done about Boston any more. But people still try. Louis M. Lyons writes that "Boston has probably more reform organizations per square foot than any other great city." But few people seem really to care. While sky highways have been built over much of the North End, and a parking lot will someday burrow underneath the Common, the middle mostly gathers years. When the Museum of Natural History left its ancient quarters by Berkeley Street, the building wasn't destroyed as it should have been; Bonwit-Teller's came, with curtains...