Word: reformer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years Americans have been telling pollsters that they support mandatory laws providing for clean land, air and water. In the past, the problem was that environmental reform was low on the list of national priorities, behind such topics as the economy and education...
...however, politicians across the country rant and rave about how the American people are as well off as ever before. The economy is booming, education is improving. This is the perfect time to enact environmental reform...
...lost on American voters and there are signs the momentum is shifting. In the 1998 elections, Republicans struggled to explain why they constantly voted against clean water and air. Senator Lauch Faircloth (R-N.C.) and former senator Alfonse D'Amato (D-N.Y.)--two staunch opponents of reform--failed miserably in trying to portray themselves as pro-environment, and were upset in electoral contests. My advice to politicians like Lauch and D'Amato: Give it up, guys. If D'Amato saw the endangered sea turtle...
...corporate giants have been waging on the environment and their defenders. Are the 1998 elections a sign that environmentalists are fighting back? Are the American people finally getting a say? Perhaps. But one thing is sure: With all the prosperity incumbents are talking about, the time for environmental reform has come. More and more politicians are finding out it's pretty stupid to be anti-Earth...
Although recession looms large in Latin America, a slow and painful bottoming out of the crisis is occurring in East Asia. But the return to growth will be very gradual, barring any other unforeseen disruption. In this respect, the ability of China to manage the stability-growth-reform trilemma in an increasingly difficult environment is an ominous question mark. In the same vein, the issue of when Japan will start to become part of the solution to global economic woes instead of being part of the problem remains open...