History suggests, however, that it can be indispensable to catalyzing constructive change of the kind virtually everyone agrees is needed at the UN.

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History shows there is only one way to effect constructive change at the United Nations: By the United States exercising the power of the purse.

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For constructive change to happen anywhere, you need to know what needs changing, have the desire to make the needed reforms, and have the means to do so.

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She would undo most if not all of the "structural" reforms that have been put in place in recent years--mayoral control, performance-based pay, charter laws and other choice schemes, reliance on entrepreneurship and market incentives, federal efforts to incentivize and prod the system to change in constructive directions, testing- and results-based accountability and more.

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Ms. Olsen-Dyhr is committed to Green Trade liberalization and believes the global society must find a constructive way to combat global climate change.

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His success was welcomed in Moscow where Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said it showed that Georgians wanted change and "probably means that more constructive and responsible forces will appear in parliament".

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Now we must show the same boldness by remaining positive, constructive and ready to assist without interference to help the onward march of change.

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Are you a root and branch type of person when it comes to change or do you think nudging events in the right direction is more constructive?

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