So Mr Prodi then turned to a group of reformed Christian Democrats led by Francesco Cossiga.
Nuttall, who lived in Texas when he was a child, stayed the longest, drinking wine with a group of reformed good old boys.
Especially notable in this respect is the Barmen Declaration, formulated in 1934 by a group of Reformed and Lutheran churchmen in opposition to the Nazi-influenced "German Christians".
"Zero tolerance needs to be reviewed and considered," said the Rev. Robert Bullock, a leader of a group of reform-minded priests who maintain that the church has treated victims poorly but also believe that priests' rights need protection.
A group of reform Republicans — Henry Adams's father among them — formed a party to run against Grant in 1872 on a confused platform of good government and support for renewed "home rule" in the South.
Occupy the S.E.C., a group of reform supporters that wrote a powerful letter about the flaws and proposed remedies of the rule, has urged regulators "not to confuse mere complexity for nuance.
DURING Japan's Meiji restoration, which began in 1868, a group of reform-minded officials and citizens worked together to stamp out feudalism, prise open borders and push the country onto a path of rapid industrialisation.
But about the same time a disturbance broke out in Wittenberg where, during Luther's exile in the Wartburg, a group of reforming spiritualist activists forced the city council to abolish many traditional Catholic practices.
In the 1960's he led a group of reform-minded priests in Chicago, and recalled painfully a single year in Cardinal Cody's tenure when no fewer than 45 priests came to tell him about their decisions to leave the priesthood.
Frank also befriended a group of young, reform-oriented politicians, who hoped to wrest control of the commonwealth from the long-serving Democratic Party stalwarts who dominated state government.
