Word: refurbish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worth $80 million. Perhaps this helps explain why Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda decided last month to ignore the U.N. boycott and reopen his borders to Rhodesia. The resumption of this transit route should take some strain off the Tazara and allow Zambia and Tanzania to repair and refurbish it. Last week, to save face all around, Peking agreed to keep 750 technicians working on the railroad for two more years, instead of bringing them home. Their contracts were expiring almost as fast as the Tazara railway...
That an unabashed apologist for the air war has occupied a key position in an administration allegedly devoted to "human rights" is not accidental. The "human rights" facade of the Carter White House is merely an attempt to refurbish the Vietnam-tattered moral authority of U.S. imperialism, in order to build support for future Christmas bombings...
Harvard has launched a multi-million dollar fund for athletics: for new facilities, to refurbish old ones, and to increase the endowment for sports. There's something majestic about that kind of attitude...
...intervention in business, a flat economy and the prospect of Quebec's secession. In Florida, the Murphys became owners of a 26-unit motel and apartment complex on the heavily traveled north-south Interstate AlA. They paid $100,000 for the place, spent more than $40,000 to refurbish it from reception room to flagstaff, which now flies the Maple Leaf and the blue and white Quebec flag, along with the Stars and Stripes. With an eye to fellow emigres from Quebec, Murphy has ordered a sign saying PARLONS FRANçAIS. Quand même, the Murphys insist...
Moses plans several more new programs for freshmen. He has invited faculty members to become associates of the Yard and join Union activities, asked head tutors for upperclass advisers for freshmen in every concentration, and gone ahead with plans to refurbish the Union to give it more seating capacity, a study library, and better lighting and sound-proofing. He has tried to streamline and improve the proctor system and is continuing to boost intramurals. For the Class of '83, Moses plans a pre-Freshmen Week excursion along the lines of Outward Bound, so that freshmen can meet each other...