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- adjective favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
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Examples
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The reform-minded Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics was ready with a suggestion, saying in a statement, "We encourage President Emmert to put financial reform on the top of his agenda."
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In Tripoli, reform-minded officials in the government were lobbying for a plan that calls on Col.
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Gadhafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, to cast himself and the regime in a more reform-minded light.
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And while German pressure helped bring about a new, reform-minded government in Italy, today Europe is still fighting to save the euro.
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To avoid running afoul of state constitutions' Blaine Amendments and Compelled Support Clauses, reform-minded lawmakers must carefully decide whether to offer parents vouchers or tax credits.
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For all of Sen. Kerry's talk of democratic ideals, reform-minded Muslims across the region saw in Libya our willingness to let those ideals languish in order to satisfy our fetish for multilateralism.
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The main proposal being pushed by reform-minded Democrats has three main provisions: (1) prohibiting filibusters on motions to proceed, which prevent senators from even having a debate; (2) ending the practice of secret holds; and (3) forcing those filibustering legislation to actually stand on the floor and talk endlessly.
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A Lutheran pastor, Kvale officiated at the second wedding of a brash, reform-minded fellow Congressman from New York City, Fiorello H. LaGuardia.
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With the stakes so high, many reform-minded Greeks welcomed Papademos's dramatic intervention as long overdue.
Greek protesters fight with police as parliament agrees cuts deal
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To avoid running afoul of state constitutions' Blaine Amendments and Compelled Support Clauses, reform-minded lawmakers must carefully decide whether to offer parents vouchers or tax credits.
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