Word: overhauled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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More like a complete overhaul. Even before the military grabbed power in September 1991, Haiti had the fewest telephones, least electric power and lowest gross domestic product in the western hemisphere. After three years of terrorist misrule, real GDP fell one-third, income dropped to $205 per capita, and the gourde lost half its value. The government deficit soared to 10 times its former level, while revenues dropped by half: by some estimates, only 2,500 people in a population of nearly 7 million paid income taxes...
...political assassinations and widespread drug wars. Five days after taking office, the former economist today announced judicial reforms to strengthen the powers of the legislature and weaken the power of the presidency. Among the details: a request that Mexico's Congress reshape the nation's Supreme Court, overhaul corrupt police forces, ensure aggressive prosecutions, and guarantee free legal services for the poor. Zedillo made clear that justice isn't the only motive -- Mexico was a favorite of foreign investors before violence threatened the free-market reforms that had improved the country's economic prospects...
Gone too, before long, may be a fair number of Clinton's inner circle. Rumors are everywhere in Washington that the Election Day debacle will give chief of staff Panetta the ammunition to complete his overhaul of the White House, something that Clinton has resisted. "If the same cast of characters is in place three months from now, ((Clinton's)) a goner," says one Administration official...
...president's push to overhaul the university's image includes a series of extensive renovations to the area along Broadway and York Street that serves as the campus's main drag...
...oriented management techniques in its own ammunition factories, offering bonuses for increased production and transferring those who did not perform. By 1991 the army had passed along its experience to 100 civilian industries. Party sources say Raul's military advisers are looking beyond quick fixes and studying a complete overhaul of the socialist system. "If you're going to implement changes, one of the safer ways to do this is to use the armed forces so you can have a modicum of control," says Phyllis Greene Walker, a research associate who follows the Cuban military for the University of Miami...