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Intelligence Reform Act
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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Intelligence Reform Act an act passed by Congress in 1980 to allow the
CIA to receive presidential approval for covert operations before congressional oversight committee approval. Earlier restraints in the
Hughes-Ryan Act of 1974 had prohibited presidential approval before congressional committee approval.
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Healthcare reform: will the minimalist approach continue?(Column)
Magazine article from: Healthcare Financial Management; 2/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...The Telecommunications Act was chiefly the work of...officials. Telecommunications reform passed primarily because...The Kassebaum-Kennedy Act: A Minimalist Approach...the Kassebaum-Kennedy act, is a minimalist approach to healthcare reform, involving no new Federal...
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CRA reform's unintended effect: bringing intitiatives to a halt. (Community Reinvestment Act) (Column)
Magazine article from: American Banker; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...state of Community Reinvestment Act compliance. After much fanfare...the year-old federal CRA reform effort appears stalled. As...their programs. The extended reform effort has had the perverse...unintended byproduct of CRA reforms most severely impacts banks...garner maximum credit once CRA ...
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Malpractice reforms not a cure-all. (Medical Malpractice Crisis).
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management; 3/10/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...on states where malpractice reforms succeeded in controlling costs...review several states where reforms have not delivered all of their...have stymied malpractice reforms in some states, according...defense attorneys and tort reform supporters. Although tort...Injury Compensation Reform ...
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Acquisition reform: All sail and no rudder
Magazine article from: The Army Lawyer; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994,5 the Federal Acquisition...Measuring Results as an Acquisition Reform Is it a fair criticism to say that acquisition reform is all sail and no rudder...coming nearer to acquisition reform's announced goals. Paraphrasing...Bill Kovacic,8 the 1990's ...
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AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM IN WESTERN MINDANAO A SUCCESS
Newspaper article from: The Manila Times; 6/20/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...of the Department of Agrarian Reform, said over 60,000 mostly...said. The passage of Republic Act 6655, the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL), in 1988 was hailed...CARP is primarily a social-reform measure that addresses the need...
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`Reform is a play on words' // Furor to fix the fixers has flared and faded often in Chicago history
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/6/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...against the city - now that's reform. And a limit on campaign contributions...with the city - now that's reform. Some things, cynics notwithstanding, are reforms, cut and dried. Chicago's had only a precious few true reform mayors. Edward Dunne, mayor...mood has sometimes required an act of ...
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Reform reaches out
Magazine article from: Alberta Sweetgrass; 9/30/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...book also states that: "The Reform Party of Canada supports eliminating...exemption under the Indian Act of Canada." At a party task...people in Airdrie on Aug. 19, Reform Indian Affairs critic Mike Scott said "the Reform Party doesn't say the reserves...
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Reform Revising 'Who is A Jew' Policy After Years of Confusion
Newspaper article from: Forward; 6/19/1998; 700+ words
; ...on the Conference's Reform Jewish Practices Committee...appropriate and timely public acts of identification" with...differences in the way Reform rabbis and congregants...an opinion poll of 700 Reform rabbis on the issue of...the concept of `public acts of affirmation'" in...
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Senate complicates reform; Split between GOP, Dems makes big tort reforms unlikely.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Business Insurance; 2/5/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...possible to enact those two reforms; the class-action reform cited by Mr. McConnell; and...enactment of ``draconian'' reforms will not be possible, he said...Another area that's ripe for reform-although on the state rather...so-called ``sunshine'' acts, which require states that...
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Educational Reform Begins In D.C.
Newspaper article from: Washington Informer; 8/7/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Washington Informer 08-07-1996 Educational Reform Begins In D.C.. The District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 has been signed into law by President...and support promising efforts at school reform throughout the country. On Monday, July...
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Military Reforms
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...imaginable. His most enduring reform was the 1862 – 1864...The result of these three reforms centralized all power within...Milyutin's most important reform was the Universal Conscription Act of 1874 that required all Russian...standing army. Milyutin's reforms completely overhauled ...
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Land Reform
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...implementation. A major land reform was carried out around the...democratic and nonviolent land reform began in Denmark. A variety of land-reform undertakings are found in nineteenth...democratic and nonviolent land reforms, including many in European...collapsing before the catalyzing acts ...
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Agrarian Reforms
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...modernization. The nature of agrarian reform necessarily depends heavily...the date of the Emancipation Act, the purpose of which was...introduced a long period of agrarian reform through the Bolshevik Revolution...implementation of the Stolypin reforms, a series of changes designed...peasant ...
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Education Reform
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education
...well have viewed it as an "act of war." In support of their...efforts. The rhetoric of reform proclaimed that all children...sparking state action in education reform. California acted first, adopting omnibus education reform legislation that increased...s lead, adopting education reforms ...
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Civil Service Reform
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...office‐seeker that spurred reform on the federal level. After the...the 1883 Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act. While that act initially applied...positions were classified. Civil service reform profoundly affected American society...
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