Word: overhauled
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...built a prototype of a small motorcycle used by parachutists and known as the MP5, or ?Paperino? (Italian for Donald Duck). But Piaggio was not satisfied with the design, so he asked Corradino D'Ascanio, an aeronautical engineer who had designed one of the first modern helicopters, to overhaul it. D'Ascanio hated motorcycles and quickly transformed the MP5 into a revolutionary scooter based on airplane technology. The vehicle had a single steel chassis with a front fork modeled to look like landing gear. When Piaggio saw the first one in 1946, he exclaimed, ?Sembra una vespa...
...appearances carry a cost: They cast him in the role of Republican-in-Chief at a time when he is seeking the support of Democrats on issues important to his legacy-most prominently, the confirmation of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. for the Supreme Court, and the first overhaul of the nation's immigration laws since...
...does GM get out of this mess without a trip through bankruptcy court, which could conceivably lead to a breakup of its storied brands? The company's problems run so deep that only a major overhaul could do the job--and then only if a smooth road lies ahead. Wagoner is getting plenty of advice about how to fix things, from cutting GM's $1.1 billion stock dividend to demanding deeper wage-and-benefit cuts from hourly workers. A confrontation over labor issues is looming, in fact, since GM's contract with the United Auto Workers (U.A.W.) expires in September...
...temptation to turn that frustration towards fruitless finger-pointing, we see this as an opportunity to channel our dissatisfaction towards more productive ends. Like UC Vice President Clay Clapp said in The Crimson yesterday, we agree that “a big priority will be to reevaluate and overhaul the way the UC is involved in social programming.” Only by admitting the mistakes of the past, honestly evaluating our own capabilities, and keeping the needs of students first and foremost in our minds can we begin to address the question of what went wrong. For these reasons...
Yalies will be forced to overhaul their pre-Game party plans for the upcoming Harvard-Yale weekend—traditionally known as much for its festivities as for its football—to comply with Yale’s recently imposed regulations. The new restrictions will ban on-campus gatherings of more than 20 people and will prohibit tailgating after the game’s third quarter. Before the announcement of the new restrictions, Yale senior Mike L. Dunham, who lives in the party suite known as the “Sextet” in Jonathan Edwards College, said...