Word: overhauled
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Getting More. Nixon spoke pertinently about the need to make work more creative and rewarding, but he seemed to suggest that this is a problem requiring relatively minor repairs rather than a major overhaul. Ultimately, he said, the goal must be to increase productivity, which in Nixon's uncomplicated definition means simply "getting more out of your work...
...election to a five-year term was a mere formality. Tito was appearing before the Assembly on a far more urgent and historic mission: to put into effect 20 amendments to the constitution that are aimed at a fundamental overhaul of Yugoslavia's political and economic life. He knows his time is short, and he fears that his system of participatory and highly innovative Communism may not survive him. Thus he is seeking to revamp the governmental framework so that the country's future will depend not so much on individuals as on stable institutions designed to prevent...
Henry Ford slammed the brakes on the downhill ride in 1965 by ordering a complete overhaul of Lincoln-Mercury models. In the past five years, product development costs have risen 70%, and the investment has paid off with some of the most stylish lines in the business. The sporty Cougar, introduced in 1967, attracted young drivers to Lincoln-Mercury showrooms for the first time in a decade; today the Cougar outsells Pontiac's Firebird. The elegant Continental Mark III, brought out in 1968, has picked up 19% of the luxury-car market, which was once the all but exclusive...
...Rabbit in the Hat. The revolution's avowed purpose of creating no less than "a new Peruvian, one of dignity and responsibility" was a tall order. Peru was long overdue for a social overhaul. Only three years ago, giant foreign concerns and a few rich Peruvian families still had a hammer lock on the economy, controlling vast sugar estates that sometimes stretched for a quarter of a million acres, or running huge copper, zinc and silver mines where laborers worked for a little over...
...will the Administration bill. Though Richard Nixon has described the state of medical care as a "massive crisis," the Administration does not favor radical overhaul. "There is much that is worthwhile in the existing system," says Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Elliot Richardson, who drafted the Administration bill. But, he adds, "National health insurance can be built on the solid foundation that exists by expanding the present dimensions and shoring up the walls...