Sentence:  Nevertheless , with a reading public that longs for `` the good old days '' and with an awareness of our expanding international interests , it is easy for the Benets to obtain a magnified position in literature by use of all sorts of Americana , real or fake , and it is easy for the Steinbecks and Sandburgs to support their messages of reform by reading messages of <WSD>reform</WSD> into the minds of the folk . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses