Word: overhauled
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Predictions of a drought-induced economic disaster are being scaled back, and a few communities may loosen up their water restrictions. But state officials fear that the latest boon from the skies could deflate efforts to overhaul California's outmoded water pricing, distribution and conservation systems. They warn that rainfall and reservoirs still remain at half their normal yearly levels and that the state's five-year drought is not yet over...
With his plan, Moynihan seeks to curtail the government's spending of the surplus that resulted from a 1983 congressional overhaul of the Social Security system. Congress had called for accelerated tax rates to build up reserves for baby boomers, many of whom will begin to retire early next century. The reserves will result in an estimated surplus of $74 billion this year, $83 billion next year and $225 billion by the year 2000. Charging the government with "extortion," Moynihan claims that this "trust fund" is being improperly counted as general revenue when the federal budget is written each year...
...with a reassessment that followed the Vietnam War and the subsequent changeover to an all-volunteer military. One distressing result of the Vietnam experience was that large numbers of disillusioned officers resigned from the services. The Pentagon needed not only a new infusion of talent but also a major overhaul in organization and training. Most important, the traditional interservice bickering that often hobbled performance in the field and sowed distrust between officers...
Instead, the person holding the department's highest post will be bombarded with pressing matters from both inside and outside the station, starting with a thorough overhaul of the department's top personnel, says City Councillor Edward...
Education. The Democrats would love to upstage the "education President." They dream of everything from an overhaul of the student-loan system to an upgrading of teacher training. But since there's no money, there's no chance for major legislation...