Word: overhauled
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There were other concerns. The ending was reshot in order to make her character more sympathetic. The original script by C. Jay Cox received an overhaul from the uncredited but expensive screenwriter Robert Harling (First Wives Club). At $30million, the movie is expected to be a hit with women, though its chances of seducing significant numbers of males is slim. It's a good example of why Hollywood has such a hard time making romantic comedies. Financially limited, creatively challenging, the genre has fallen onto Hollywood's endangered-species list...
Titled “Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change,” the report predicted massive loss of life on American soil and advocated an immediate and extensive overhaul of the complex bureaucracy responsible for homeland security...
...Whoever joins the new economic team may very well be pushing next year for a complete overhaul of the tax code. Bush has not fully settled on the idea, but it makes political sense. It would show the Administration taking a big swipe at fixing the economy and would allow Bush to defend any new tax cuts by arguing that the reductions are just one part of making the system fairer...
...tough on crime'' talk, Silvio Berlusconi's overhaul of Italy's justice system is remarkably sensitive to defendants' rights. The billionaire Prime Minister has pushed through new laws that ease penalties on fraud cases and require judges to toss out evidence gathered abroad if it has been mishandled along the way. This week, the lower house of Parliament will begin debate on a Berlusconi-backed "change of venue" bill that would give the accused wide latitude to request moving a trial to a new jurisdiction if he suspects judges are biased. Is Berlusconi a closet bleeding heart for the plight...
...Federal lawmakers can't seem to make anything happen, so why don't the states step up to the plate? They're trying, in states like Maryland, Georgia and the beleaguered Florida, implementing changes piecemeal, but they simply don't have the funding for the sweeping overhaul most voting experts agree is necessary. Only a federal bill can give them what they need...