Word: reformer
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...quiet ways, some change is at work; its most advanced expression is in Hungary. Communist Party Chief Janos Kadar, who demonstrated his fealty to Moscow during the 1956 uprising, in 1968 launched the East bloc's most successful economic reforms. He began to decentralize the economic system, introducing some free-market management methods and profit incentives. Later, the state allowed private ownership for some small and middle-size businesses. In effect, Kadar entered into an unwritten contract with the Hungarian people, allowing them a measure of freedom in their domestic lives as long as they left politics to the party...
This is war. There are angry skirmishers in their tuxedoes riding the banquet circuit every night harassing Ronald Reagan about the planned visit to a German cemetery, aid to the Nicaraguan rebels, tax reform and whopping budget deficits. Embittered and defeated adversaries from old political struggles are gathering around new standards and firing fresh fusillades at the flag bearers of the Reagan revolution...
There is still fight aplenty in the President, and his opponents know that. On some issues Reagan has not yet taken the field. When he gets back from his European trip in May, he will stump the nation for tax reform and more Government restraint. How effective he will be is an open question now. Everything he says and does will get even more scrutiny and less tolerance than in the past, as demonstrated by the German cemetery incident...
...India's reformers like to say that their country needs a good crisis every few years. It was only when India nearly ran out of foreign exchange reserves in 1991 that the government realized that it had to start overhauling the economy. Many in Bangalore now worry that there is a new economic crisis looming: China. This fear may well prove to be baseless and in time, China could become a vast new market for Indian software companies. For now, though, Indian businessmen like Premji and politicians like Chidambaram are tactically using the Chinese threat to turn up the heat...
...March 21]: I was disappointed by the story's implication that Morocco's policies may exacerbate terrorism. Moroccans continue to be saddened by the March 11 tragedy and share the grief of their Spanish brothers and sisters. The Moroccan government has embarked on a bold social, political and economic reform program to enhance freedom and opportunity. Last year King Mohammed VI addressed a council of religious scholars and announced a plan to revamp the domain of religious affairs to shield Morocco from the perils of extremism and retain Morocco's tradition as a country of moderation, tolerance and respect...