Word: overhauls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Following the collapse of a granite slab from the overhang outside Pusey Library last spring, the Facilities Maintenance Department is conducting an extensive overhaul of the structure to ensure its safety...
...thus head of the country's 64-member Council of Ministers, Tikhonov had been expected to deliver the state-of-the-government address at the 27th Communist Party Congress, scheduled for next February. His retirement before that date reinforced the impression of Western observers that Gorbachev is determined to overhaul the Soviet economy, for which the Premier is at least nominally responsible. Last June, Gorbachev publicly excoriated four ministers, who reported to Tikhonov, for slipshod work and failure to rectify bureaucratic shortcomings. Nonetheless, Tikhonov in his resignation letter praised "the warm, comradely atmosphere that has been created in the Politburo...
...million overhaul of the IAB was originally scheduled for completion last month but was delayed by setbacks and revised plans, according to George Oommen, a senior official in the Planning Office...
...recent years to reaffirm "the purity of Communism," was ousted from his post. Deng Xiaoping has defanged other neo-Maoists, or "whateverists" (so called because of their belief that whatever Mao said was correct) by offering them high posts without power. In April, General Secretary Hu launched an overhaul of regional and local party units; later he announced that 40,000 party members would be ousted. In June, eight new ministers were appointed; all were much younger than the incumbents...
...four million dollar overhaul of the 55-year-old building began last spring and was slated for completion by the beginning of September...