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...When Vaclav Havel became Czechoslovakia's President in late 1989, one of his stated priorities was to overhaul the drab, Communist-era livery of the Castle Guard, the ceremonial troops at Prague Castle. "The green uniforms and plastic ties on a rubber band didn't give the country a good image," says Ladislav Spacek, Havel's former spokesman. Today, the soldiers wear fetching grey-and-blue uniforms, complete with tassels and shoulder braids in the colors of the Czech flag, and their changing-of-the-guard ceremonies attract scores of tourists. But last week the unit was once again...
...overhaul is overdue. Latter-day corruption scandals involving the NIS, agents of which have been routinely called upon to do powerful politicians' dirty work, have crippled presidencies and dragged the agency's name through the mud. But conservative lawmakers are worried the housecleaning comes at an inopportune time, during a period of heightened tension over North Korea's nuclear-weapons development. The NIS will still ferret out North Korean spies. But the job of catching domestic sympathizers will be passed to the country's police. The fear is that the shift in responsibilities, as well as efforts to make...
...brutal 10-year civil war, which ended in 2002. During peace talks in Ghana, the rebels demanded Taylor resign and allow the formation of a government of national unity. The rebels, a ragtag collection of groups opposing Taylor, have been fighting for three years to oust him. Overdue Overhaul ARGENTINA Wasting no time since becoming President by default last month, Nestor Kirchner fired 10 of 12 senior police commissioners and called on Congress to impeach the widely despised Supreme Court. He also forced more than 50 military generals and admirals into retirement, naming lower-ranking generals in their place. Kirchner...
...Lewis’ departure had been Summers’ and Kirby’s chief goal, they could have accomplished that end more easily than through an overhaul of the administration...
...dean search was both the selection of Graham and the mandate with which Summers charged Graham—to remake the school. And while most presidents have urged new deans to focus the Divinity School’s mission, Gomes said this curricular review would allow a complete overhaul of the school...