But now...the winds are beginning to change.

Until around late last year there was an air that made it seem pretty hard to voice dissent from within the (LDP) against policy issues that Mr. Koizumi was trying to accomplish.

If this were last year, Koizumi could have done it.

Instead of changing my name, I would change Piper Laurie. That was the beginning.

In the beginning, all that was asked that they change the word from the N-word to Negro, and they said no.

You've got to change attitudes about investing in black neighborhoods, ... It's beginning to catch on.