Passionate for Reform, but Lured by the System
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An idealist and once one of Chinaâs top regulators, Zheng Xiaoyu, who was executed Tuesday, was ultimately corrupted by the system he sought to change.
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A senatorâs proposal to tackle the problem of âiPod oblivionâ is seen by some as a bit nanny-minded and intrusive.
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Voters are often told that the countryâs economic health depends on pulling the right lever. But a new administration often brings only moderate economic policy changes.
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Voters are torn between competing cravings: Change or experience in 2008? They are demanding something new, but there is comfort in the tried and true.
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In a year voters say they crave fundamental political change, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking a gamble: arguing that her years of experience working within the political system make her the best candidate to change the system.
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The President's Social Security reform plan is a big political risk, and both parties may not find a lot  to like about it
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With yet more already-marketed medicines raising the ire of consumer advocates and regulators alike, momentum is building for reform of the governmentâs drug approval and monitoring procedures.
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There are perils to coming between the Clintons and an elected office.
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He&#39;s a crusader for campaign finance reform embroiled in a scandal over political donations; a defender of workers&#39; rights who allegedly subjected his own employees to humiliating dressings-down and inappropriate workplace demands.
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TEHRAN -- After eight years of a bold but bungled experiment with reform, Iran's government is in the throes of a takeover by conservatives determined to restore the revolution's Islamic purity, according to Iranian politicians and analysts.
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I confess. I&#39;m one of those people scorned by political wonks and talk-radio types alike. In a world where everyone is so certain of their position, so sure that their candidate can cure what ails us, I&#39;m the one on the fence.
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BEIJING -- The Communist Party cautioned China's increasingly impatient reformers and intellectuals yesterday that political liberalization and democracy are still a long way off despite the rapid pace of economic change during the past two decades.
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President Susilo's promises of reform are bogged down amid controversy over appointments, human rights.
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A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upholds New York's system of choosing trial judges is likely to renew calls for legislative reform, but even some proponents of change say their chances of success are slim.
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Washington&#39;s seemingly endless election for governor, uncomfortably similar to the Florida presidential morass four years ago, has the state&#39;s election system under a magnifying glass.
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Reforming the tax system is more politically risky and economically complex than the president let on during the campaign.
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France is approaching a crossroads on the painful and devious road to economic and social reforms.