It's going to be very hard to claim the mantle of reform when one's leader is facing these kinds of charges. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Cuomo «has charted his own course on education policy between two powerful forces: labor unions and a movement claiming the mantle of reform,» write Jacob Gershman and Lisa Fleischer. (nystateofpolitics.com)
But one of the architects of New Labour, who chronicled the early days of the project in his book The Unfinished Revolution, had another key message: never abandon the mantle of reform. (theguardian.com)