Word: overhauled
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...might be interested in collaborating with other researchers around the country,” Casey said. Patrick has asked the Public Health Council to review the policy. The members of the council that originally approved the restrictions in 2006 are being replaced in part of a legislature-approved overhaul of the council.Last Friday, the governor stressed his commitment to the advancement of stem cell research.“I believe that life sciences should be guided by science and not ideological politics,” Patrick said in a statement. Grousbeck Professor of Pediatrics Leonard I. Zon, a member...
...surprisingly, some companies talk a green game but don't really play one. Ford Motor Co. made a big show of performing a $2 billion environmental overhaul of its River Rouge factory in Dearborn, Mich., but still turns out SUVs like the elephantine Expedition, which gets a puny 14 m.p.g. in city driving. Toyota, famous for its hybrid Prius, has nonetheless joined the U.S. Big Three in lobbying Washington against stricter fuel standards...
...truce has held solid with very few exceptions, affording Air France the stability needed to close the gap with competitors that had been restructuring and modernizing since the early 1990s. Ironically, Air France began its overhaul just as business began to pick up. So the company is in the midst of a renewal of its fleet of 254 aircraft--including cabin overhauls--without taking on massive debt. It has spent $5.2 billion to put 85 new aircraft into service in the past five years, with an additional 22 on order, including 10 Airbus 380s...
...make the deal viable, considerable changes would be inevitable. Indeed, most observers feel Alitalia will require a massive overhaul, including significant job eliminations. Although the left-leaning Spinetta is no fan of job cuts (and avoided them in turning Air France around), he's not likely to propose any deal until politicians in Rome clearly signal they'll let a new owner do what's necessary to halt Alitalia's descent. "Air France has already had to battle politicians and unions to survive once. It's not going to get itself into the same situation again," says Derocles...
While goodwill prevailed toward the General Education report at Tuesday’s Faculty meeting, members of some departments are still calling for tweaks to the first overhaul of general education in 30 years.Prominent members of the history and economics departments have expressed concerns about the place of their disciplines in the new curriculum, fearing that their subjects do not fall neatly into any of the categories.Given the proposed curriculum’s divisions, “The social sciences generally, as well as the study of the past, are the two areas that don?...