Sentence examples for striking reforms from inspiring English sources

Adoption of statewide accountability systems for schools has been one of the most striking reforms in American education policy in the past 25 years.

In the years following Cannae, striking reforms were introduced to address these deficiencies.

He added that Klein's striking reforms brought attention to the district and its personnel, allowed White, for example, to be poached by another large city.

Jeremy Clarkson was "silly" to suggest that public sector workers should be executed for striking over reforms to their pensions, David Cameron has said.

Italy's controversial ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi has returned to the centre of the political stage, striking a reform deal with a centre-left rival.

If some Grand Bargain is struck, with reforms to Medicare and Medicaid but also with closing tax loopholes to raise revenue, Obama will need five or six Republicans in the Senate to go along with the Democrats -- plus a few more Republicans in case of Democratic defections (some Democrats might not vote for any plan which touches Medicare and/or Medicaid).

Some of California's citizens have escaped that spell and put on this fall's ballot the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 Initiative.

"Based on the analysis and summary they prepared, there is no indication that the Legislative Analyst or the Attorney General were even aware that the measure might amend the resentencing criteria governing the Three Strikes Reform Act," the chief justice wrote.

It is not just a matter of striking a deal: reforms must be legislated and implemented before the EU will release any cash.

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His response to suggestions that Russia needed substantial reforms was striking for its smugness (one of his advisers asked rhetorically "why do we need to change?").