Word: overhauled
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Hard to swallow, difficult to digest and often painful to look at, the daily offerings of Harvard Dining Services (HDS) are in need of radical overhaul...Among college dining services, HDS is still a lemon...
More important, the FDA is embarking on an overhaul of labeling requirements for processed foods. That effort should most definitely include the products of diet programs. Even industry executives agree there should be uniform rules governing what claims can be made and what caveats must be listed. If consumers have more information, they will be in a better position to decide which diet plans are worth the money...
Influential voices in Congress have been calling for a thorough review and possible overhaul of the entire foreign-aid program, and Bush last week pronounced himself "interested" in the idea. The Administration, however, is undecided about what it wants. Some Bush advisers have proposed foreign aid as a topic of one of the five commencement addresses the President will deliver this month, but so far they cannot agree on what he ought to say. Some senior officials would be content with an enlarged discretionary fund that the President could direct as he sees fit. The added flexibility, these officials suggest...
...both Democrats and Republicans are rushing to align themselves with reform proposals. But the scramble is unlikely to translate into a real overhaul. While both parties are sanctimoniously mouthing the language of reform, their real objective is to undercut their opponent's fund-raising advantages while protecting their own. Since Republicans raise more money from private contributors, they resist spending limits on congressional campaigns. Because Democrats get more cash from political-action committees, they oppose G.O.P. efforts to abolish PACs...
...American College of Physicians becomes the first doctors' group to call for an overhaul of the medical system, including significant public financing...