Word: overhauled
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...overhaul comes after several years of student criticism of the tutorial system and of undergraduate education in the department...
Despite the cries of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), Social Security needs a huge overhaul. Rather than trying to provide for the entire younger generation, it needs to set its sights on the neediest cases. Otherwise, the Social Security fund will be bankrupt before this generation gets to collect. People in the work force will more than make up their Social Security with private savings--an asset on which the government can't default...
...grueling 14-hour opening day that ended after midnight, House Speaker Newt Gingrich rammed through a series of changes designed to overhaul how the lower chamber does business. Highlights: committee staffs were slashed by a third; a cap of eight years was established on the term of any speaker (committee chairs will be limited to six years); a requirement for a three-fifths vote to raise income tax rates was passed and legislation to make Congress obey anti-discrimination and other laws was given an enthusiastic thumbs up. The chamber also voted 431-0 to keep all committee meetings open...
...move on to do other things," said the 34-year old native Californian, the first woman to hold the post. Myers' resignation was widely expected since her successful efforts to fight off an attempt by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta to move her to another job in a staff overhaul at the White House. Today, when asked if was being forced out, Myers said, "I'm neither jumping nor being pushed. I'm walking away when I think it's the best time." Myers' successor is rumored to be Mike McCurry, currently State Department spokesman.Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board...
...aide who masterminded the Clinton plan and whose manner alienated potential allies on Capitol Hill. Today the First Lady acknowledges that any reform that might emerge from the new Congress must take an "incremental approach" -- the kind of change proposed by Republicans as a counter to the Clinton overhaul...