The subtle and intelligent little book The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University should be read by every student thinking of applying to take a doctoral degree.

每一个想要申请博士学位的学生都应该阅读《思想的市场：美国大学的改革与抵制》这本篇幅短小却精妙而睿智的书。

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With just a fortnight before the election, it is impossible for proper reform to take place, particularly as the only man with the power to hire and fire its commissioners is Mr Karzai himself.

在选举的两星期前，遵守规则的改造是不可能发生的，特别是那个有解职或雇佣权的人正是卡尔扎伊本人时。

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They take on impossible issues, like budget-balancing and health care reform.

他们在一些几乎不可能完成的议题上大动脑筋，像是预算、医改。

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"The best action we can take on behalf of America's family budget and on behalf of the federal budget is to pass health care reform."

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

After months of rigorous debate on health insurance reform, fought largely along political party lines, President Obama says a bipartisan solution is starting to take shape.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

"Having passed reform bills in both the House and the Senate we now to have to take up the last and most important step and reach an agreement on a final reform bill that I can sign into law,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Scandals can prod elected officials to take reform seriously.

CNN: What happened to Obama's promise?

And obviously one of the important roles that Poland can play is not just as a promoter of ideas but as a living example of what is possible when countries take reform seriously.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and Prime Minister Tusk Press Conference

Take reform of the House of Lords.

BBC: Lords reform simple? Never