Word: reformer
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...government began talks with the International Monetary Fund about billions of dollars in new loans, and moved to take over the small Ulusal Bank, which was in danger of becoming insolvent. A political clash between Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit and President Ahmet Necdet Sezer two weeks ago-over banking reform and corruption-led to a currency free fall and market chaos. Ecevit is now assembling an economic team-including a new central bank governor-in the hope of restoring investor confidence...
...stability in a world where stability mattered, but he argues that world no longer exists. He warns that expanding the law, as the government is about to do, will make Germany less competitive. As for Schr?der, backed by the unions but committed to growing his economy through tax reform and deregulation, planned changes to the works councils have him torn two ways...
...Tajzadeh became a hero of the reform movement when as supervisor of the parliamentary elections he defended the reformist victory, which the country's hardline Guardian Council threatened to annul. This week's sentence bars Tajzadeh from monitoring elections - most significantly the June presidential race - for the next six years. The decision is seen as a stepped-up campaign to discourage moderate President Mohammed Khatami from running for reelection, rather than as a move to facilitate rigging the June vote itself. Flustered by the hardline backlash, the cautious Khatami may decline to run if the election turns into a confrontation...
...hours, portraits in hand, the students were disappointed when Tajzadeh didn't show up. Mohammed Reza Khatami attempted to pacify them. "Others will fill his place," he said. "One cannot lose hope over one person's defeat. All this is happening to push us to announce the funeral of reform...
...what happens to ergonomics reform...