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...College expects to take next year to plan for an overhaul of the building, and then likely begin construction in the 2001-2002 academic year...
Advocates of bankruptcy overhaul outside Congress have argued for years that federal law should be amended so that all Americans are treated alike, no matter where they live. But Congress doesn't see it that way. The reason? States' rights. Says Senator Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican: "What is being attempted here is to take a right away from states that they've had for over a hundred years. It's contrary to states' rights...
...foreigners, who mostly consume the best the BBC has to offer, like the costume drama Wives and Daughters and the comedy series Absolutely Fabulous, the need for an overhaul might seem less than compelling. But for those who labor in the main offices, Dyke's description of the organization as being overmanaged and underled could seem a euphemism. During his seven-year reign, Dyke's predecessor John Birt created an unpopular and labyrinthine business bureaucracy in which 190 separate units handled interdepartmental dealings, especially those between the program commissioning and production sides. The Birt system was designed to instill accountability...
...just minutes from the imperial splendor of the Forbidden City. Designed by French architect Paul Andreu, the voluptuous glass and titanium complex will encompass an opera house, a 2,500-seat conventional theater, an experimental theater complete with rotating stage, and a 2,000-seat concert hall. The cultural overhaul has taken nearly a half-century to get under way: former Premier Zhou Enlai first conceived of a national stage in 1958, but plans languished during both the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution and the no-frills practicality of the Deng Xiaoping era. It took President Jiang Zemin to convince...
...guarding computer files that contain lists of American spies and other secrets. Thus the disappearance of the laptop, which contained information classified as "code word" - more important than "top secret" - from the supposedly secure State Department building proved the final straw in leading Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to overhaul security in the department...