He then led the reform faction in the union to oust a racket-dominated leadership.

The domestic opposition or reform factions had become exhausted.

The Republicans will also seek to tie the assistance provided to the reform faction by a Manhattan law firm with unnamed Albany forces.

Early reports out of Beijing therefore speak of a triumph for the "reform faction."

The reform faction remained the largest group on council, but did have a majority.

The 1970s reform faction dominated Toronto politics for the next decade.

He was a moderate member of the reform faction on council, willing to compromise with the Old Guard.

The reform faction won five new seats, giving them an overall majority on council.

The reform faction lost in most cases and Amor De Cosmos used his newspaper to claim the election was not run fairly.

Since the spring of 1986, the paramount leader, Deng Xiaoping, and his reform faction have called for political reforms to accompany economic changes.