Word: reformers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...critical resolutions surfaced on Capitol Hill, showing defiance of Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott's plea for a moratorium of his own?a 60-day pause in attacks on Nixon's war policies. Two freshman Democratic Senators, Iowa's Harold Hughes and Missouri's Thomas Eagleton, demanded extensive reform of the Saigon government ?within 60 days. Idaho's Frank Church and Oregon's Mark Hatfield asked for "a more rapid withdrawal of American troops"; George McGovern wanted an immediate pullout. On the House side, a vague resolution in support of eventual disengagement drew 109 cosponsors. But liberal Republicans Donald...
Your Brass Tacks "Coop Reform" (September 27, 1969) neglected to point out some of the questionable aspects of the Coop's decision to issue new charge cards (CAP Cards to students and Master Charge Cards to all other members...
...most admire John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Eugene McCarthy. Among leaders now active, they approve of McCarthy, Senator Edmund Muskie, Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes, Eldridge Cleaver and-of all people-Richard Nixon. Apparently convinced that he is sincerely trying to end the war and reform the draft, two out of three freshmen expressed respect for the President. But given the capacity of small student minorities to disrupt campuses and bedevil presidents, that vote of confidence in Nixon is unlikely to cause euphoria in the White House...
...results not only were successful for Germany but also moved the world a long step toward a much-needed reform of the monetary system. The reform should open the way for fewer wrenching devaluations of currencies and greater flexibility in the prices at which they are bought and sold...
When the demand for reform became overwhelming in 1966, the rigid regime of Antonin Novotný hesitantly began decentralizing the economy while trying to maintain tight political control. After Alexander Dubček rose to power in 1968, he added the vital ingredient of political freedom and adopted a series of reforms proposed by Economist Ota Sik. As Deputy Prime Minister under Dubček, Sik initiated far-reaching decentralization and began rapidly to modernize the economy, particularly in consumer industries that had suffered from decades of neglect. Sik also hoped to get $400 million in credits from the West...