Word: overhauled
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...Welfare Overhaul Passes...
...House of Representatives approved by a vote of 234 to 199 the G.O.P.'s basic "Contract with America" plan to overhaul welfare. Passage came after one of the most raucous and vituperative debates of the new Congress, during which angry Democrats accused Republicans of rushing to passage a cruel and immoral plan, and infuriated Republicans blasted Democrats for trying to preserve a failed and unconscionable system. The bill, which now goes to the Senate, would convert current welfare entitlement programs into capped block grants to the states...
...House members want to do less. Hours earlier, a subcommittee voted to gut the long-sacred Clean Water Act, which protects lakes, rivers and streams from pollution.TIME Washington correspondent Dick Thompsonnotes that Browner, whom Republicans are now attacking for running a "partisan" EPA, is losing the fight. The water overhaul should pass the House in May, Thompson says, and theEndangered Species Act"likely won't survive in any form we recognize...
...department announced an overhaul of itstutorial system last month. The new faculty-ledtutorial program, which will begin with the classof '98, will emphasize reading, writing andresearch skills...
McArthur's decision to leave also comes justmonths after the completion of the planning stageof the curriculum overhaul at the Business School,called "Leadership and Learning...