Word: overhauled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...abroad, to strip away masses of protectionist tariffs, duties and subsidies which have made French industry the most coddled in Western Europe. ¶ Agricultural reforms aimed at forcing the peasants to cut back production of uneconomic crops (e.g., wine, sugar beets for alcohol), and farm more efficiently. ¶ Overhaul of the maladministered cradle-to-grave social security program. <¶ An increase in real purchasing power, by linking wages to increased industrial profits. Inefficient plants must go to the wall; workers must be retrained and moved to new locations, especially in southern France where hydroelectric power makes business more attractive than...
...these measures there was little sign of the major social overhaul that Guatemala's newspapers and churchmen were hopefully talking about. Making his first speech as president, Castillo Armas concentrated on attacking the old government. He did promise that peasants who have received plots under the Arbenz land-reform law will get their titles outright; until now the government has retained the deeds, both to prevent resale and to keep political control over the farmers.* But the general reaction, even among Castillo's warmest backers, was one of sharp disappointment. They were hoping for a bold, positive program...
...first phase of Operation Atlante (TIME, Feb.1). Mecklin also made quick flights to Seno and Luang Prabang to cover distant phases of the war close up. "Hardly a week goes by," he says, "that you don't do some flying, nearly always in a plane that needed an overhaul 200 hours ago, with a pilot who hasn't had any sleep for days and keeps himself in shape with vin rouge." By March, when Mecklin moved to Hanoi's dreary Press Camp to cover the fall of Dienbienphu, stiff censorship...
...answer: insufficient appropriations and too small a staff. Actually, appropriations have gone up over the years, though not as fast as salaries. Thus, the number of employees has dropped. What the ICC needs is not just more employees, but up-to-date laws and rules, fresh ideas and an overhaul of its administrative machinery...
Even such a resort center as Miami has its new industries, with small sportswear and light-metal plants fanning out into the suburbs. Miami's biggest employer (17,000) is International Airport, where Eastern Air Lines, National and Pan American all have their main repair and overhaul shops...