But Khatami's reform-minded teddy bear act is getting old.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reading The Leaders' Minds] Reference

And some of the reform-minded voters want to vote for him.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 17, 2005] Reference

Zhu and his reform-minded camp have always understood that.    From Wordnik.com.  [After You, Pal] Reference

Even in Iran, the holiday is celebrated by the more reform-minded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letter From New York: Hallmark Is on the March!] Reference

"He's a moderate, reform-minded general who steadied a sinking ship.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A CROWD PLEASER] Reference

How long before the crisis starts sweeping away reform-minded governments?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Crisis Of Global Capitalism] Reference

Same mayor, same reform-minded school superintendent in place the entire time.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2009] Reference

There is even a case to be made that some states are more reform-minded than they let on.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Agenda] Reference

A bridge between, maybe, some of the more conservative and some of the more reform-minded?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2005] Reference

Already, churches have helped reform-minded people meet, recruit supporters and work together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strength From Their Faith] Reference

As a reform-minded Muslim, I admit that these guys make the notion of diversity in my faith look laughable.    From Wordnik.com.  [E Pluribis Islam?] Reference

The tragedy is that Saudi Arabia has one of the largest groups of reform-minded liberals in the Middle East.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE SAUDI TRAP] Reference

His replacement, party heavyweight Keizo Obuchi, initially cooperated with reform-minded opposition leaders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rebel With A Cause] Reference

Researching solutions to the problems he predicted, he became increasingly impressed with reform-minded religious workers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gospel According To John] Reference

In Africa, one of the most promising recent developments was the 1991 election of reform-minded Frederick Chiluba in Zambia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corruption] Reference

Syrian President Bashar Assad, who inherited his dictatorship from his father, presents himself as a reform-minded Web surfer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nibbling At The Net] Reference

The Congress party has been reasonably reform-minded economically and highly responsible on issues of terrorism and tolerance.    From Wordnik.com.  [India’s Coming-Out Party] Reference

The huge bill is full of these information-is-power provisions, all for use as cudgels by parents and reform-minded educators.    From Wordnik.com.  [Give The Pols A Gold Star] Reference

SCHAPER: Simpson served as a reform-minded Chicago alderman in the 1970's, and he traces corruption in the city back 150 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Illinois Politicians: Really Corrupt Or Just Dumb?] Reference

Washington may be pleased, but some Islamic groups and reform-minded Indonesians are worried about a return to the days of Suharto.    From Wordnik.com.  [Liberty In The Balance] Reference

Inflation and interest rates were down, the ruble strong, and the good guys -- Anatoly Chubais and his reform-minded acolytes -- in charge.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Black Hole] Reference

Clinton, a reform-minded governor, reflects party moderates 'efforts to recapture middle-class voters and break free from special interest.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Less-Is-More Democrats] Reference

Such construction hurts small-town tourism, a rural growth industry that reform-minded Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has vowed to promote.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beauty Builders] Reference

It's a far cry from two years ago, when parliamentary candidates endorsed by reform-minded papers garnered the highest votes in Iran's cities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Skeletons Working In A Closet] Reference

Countries that take the advice, decontrolling prices or cutting subsidies, can get lots of money: reform-minded Mexico is now the biggest borrower.    From Wordnik.com.  [Money Isn't Everything] Reference

That's expected to be the replacement of a number of cabinet members-especially the ministers of finance and education-with more reform-minded ministers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moving Forward] Reference

By detaining freethinking Western scholars, party leaders are sending a warning to reform-minded activists that democratic insurgence comes with a price.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Crayon That Roared] Reference

She has failed to nail down support of the military and has alienated reform-minded Muslim allies, as well as reformers in Suharto's ruling Golkar party.    From Wordnik.com.  [Duel Of The Shadow Puppets] Reference

Today TFA is not only the postgrad destination of choice for many of America's top college seniors, it's also a magnet for reform-minded philanthropists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lessons From Locke] Reference

A more relevant model, perhaps, is the so-called class of '74, the reform-minded group of lawmakers who swept in on a tide of public anger during Watergate.    From Wordnik.com.  [REBELS WITH A CAUSE] Reference

Wiry and intense, he is a reform-minded conservative who believes that government still has a role, particularly if it paves the way for individual initiative.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sage Of Indianapolis] Reference

It's a modest desire perhaps, but for Mexico and its reform-minded President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, this thing called free trade carries enormous implications.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Mexican Miracle?] Reference

If Karzai wins big, as expected, he may want to break up his present coalition government and appoint a new, more administratively competent and reform-minded cabinet.    From Wordnik.com.  [A SAVVY HORSE TRADER] Reference

Even under reform-minded former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-2002), who sponsored a rigid "fiscal responsibility law," public spending rose by 5 percent a year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strong Medicine] Reference

The Asian crisis has swept away the autocratic regimes that combined personal profits with Confucian ethics and replaced them with more democratic, reform-minded governments.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Crisis Of Global Capitalism] Reference

Standing against the hard-liners is a growing band of opposition deputies and reform-minded Communists, including the capital's mayor, Vitaly Shipov, who supports Boris Yeltsin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kaliningrad: The Old-Guard Hangs On] Reference