Word: overhauled
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The House voted against an amendment that would require the government to develop a more counterfeit-resistant Social Security card. On a narrow 221-191 vote, the House killed the measure which would have been added to a new bill designed to overhaul U.S. immigration laws. A bipartisan group opposed the GOP-sponsored amendment, claiming it could lead to the imposition of a national identity card that would compile personal information on every U.S. citizen. "While I strongly support appropriate measures to curb illegal immigration in employment, I must oppose any proposals that would change the issuance...
...travel fatigue could not dampen Harvard's talent quotient, and the head-to-head match provided an energy overhaul, retooling spirits and exciting the team about upcoming matches...
...announced last semester by Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R. Knowles that the ineffective and stagnant Core program would finally be examined. But months later, it appears that we may be disappointed. Quite simply, Core reform is not shaping up to be the substantive overhaul that is needed to properly educate Harvard undergraduates...
...NOTE, AS IT USED TO BE CALLED in Raymond Chandler novels, will never be the same. To frustrate counterfeiters, the Treasury Department has given the $100 bill a complete overhaul, and will begin releasing the new currency in a matter of weeks. Treasury spent nearly 10 years on the redesign and has added any number of state-of-the-art features: microprinting, color-shifting ink, a polymer security thread. The most striking alteration, however, is the enlargement of Benjamin Franklin's portrait: he now dominates the bill like a movie star in a newspaper advertisement...
Apple faces several crises. First, its operating software is very old. Most customers believe that Microsoft's Windows 95, available since last August, now matches the general capabilities of Apple's System 7.5. The last major overhaul of the Macintosh operating system--System 7.0, which laid the groundwork for the current version--was late when it was delivered more than five years ago and even then just barely met expectations. The next major overhaul of the Macintosh system, code-named Copland, is due later this year. But many industry experts aren't sure if Apple will be able to deliver...