Though reform has yet to reach the level suggested by Hidayah, early signs indicate that serious steps are being taken.
Though the reform is partly inspired by elected police chiefs in America, it has no real model.
Though structural reform is deflationary in the short term, it is still necessary.
Few countries would want to copy Finland's austere climate or sombre history even if they could (though spelling reform in English might merit consideration).
Though not all Reform Party members are Perotistas, he is much better known and still has a loyal following within the movement.
Rising costs, especially Social Security commitments as the baby-boomer generations retire, will require structural fiscal reform, though.
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Mr Immelt admits that tax and education reform, though essential, will take many years to bear fruit.
Though privatisation and pension reform are not requirements for membership, open markets and equal treatment for foreign investors are.
His government has been praised for its initial reforms and for calming financial markets, though much of its reform agenda has been watered down or blocked.
Instead WellPoint went along with what turned out to be extremely bad p.r. strategy by the industry to pretend they were on board with reform even though they opposed the core tenets of the legislation.
Though the health care reform bill hurt Exelon's revenues, if the American Power Act, also known as the Kerry-Lieberman bill passes, the firm could gain 50 cents a share in earnings five years from now, Rowe says.
Yet, though widely supported, this reform will not be easy or quick, cautions Luis Moreno Ocampo, an anti-corruption campaigner.
Similarly, many congressional Democrats now attack the 2001 No Child Left Behind education reform, even though many of them supported it.
Surprisingly, a majority of Latino voters show a deep interest in immigration reform, even though it wouldn't benefit them directly because they are U.S. citizens.
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Its main business, though, would be to reform Ecuador's institutions, for example by freeing the courts from political manipulation and requiring parties to hold primaries.
He embraced "tax reform, " though he defined it as lower taxes for businesses that do what he likes (manufacturers) and higher taxes for those that don't (oil and gas companies).
He provided wise counsel and stood with us in our efforts to initiate reform, even though it probably occasionally caused some heartburn inside of the Pentagon as well, because change is hard.
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And then some people will be disappointed that, even though we did some good reform in the Medicare program, that without a consumer price adjustment that's larger, some will say we're not doing enough to save Social Security.
Indeed, says Stephen Bond of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, an economic research group, it is far from clear that Mr Brown's package will make much difference to investment or productivity, even though the capital gains tax reform is likely to encourage more new firms to be formed.
She refuses to share her balance sheet with stressed countries by allowing the issuance of euro-bonds, until they reform, even though such reforms cannot be implemented in time to head off sovereign defaults that would take down many under-capitalized European banks, now desperately juggling their books to inflate their capital ratios.
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He could ignore the market fears and press on with his reform programme, vague though that might be.
It is difficult, though, to push through economic reform in recipient countries if the impression is of policy made on the hoof.
He is deadly accurate, though, in pinpointing campaign finance reform as the issue virtually all politicians say they want to pursue but really have not.
The speaker may well find himself trapped in a legislative impasse between conservative and pro-reform members, even though the reformers might have won a majority of the 270 seats in the parliament.
Recognizing that SMEs are the main drivers in any economy, though, China has begun to reform its banking sector, starting with the Wenzhou reforms announced in April, in order to provide them greater access to capital.
At the same time, one argument made against reform--as though Congress' poor track record with other "reforms" isn't enough reason for lawmakers to leave it alone--is that with health care compromising 16% of gross domestic product, reform here could be particularly harmful to the broader economy.
Though he touched on many issues of reform, Bush spent extra time discussing women's rights and political freedom.
Across the equine industry, though, there are growing calls for reform.
Some campaigners though say it's time to reform the whole system.
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