Word: refurbishers
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...their church were generally uninteresting. In a Chicago parish, priests were ready to start a public-relations campaign to improve the image of their parochial school among the congregation. The computer reported thaf most parishioners already thought well of the school; it was the priests themselves who needed to refurbish their image. Parishioners felt that they were not getting enough personal attention from the clergy. The school PR campaign was dropped and the clergy made new efforts to meet with parishioners...
...such an enemy escalation would accompany any move to the conference table. The U.S. command in Saigon does not interpret what is happening now in that optimistic light. Rather, it thinks that the Red offensive, emphasizing hit-and-run attacks in populated areas, reflects Hanoi's need to refurbish its once awesome image among the Vietnamese peasantry and to regain control of vital coastal areas and rice bowls, such as Binh Dinh province, that growing allied success has denied its troops...
John Kennedy, Salinger recalls, was at first irked by Jacqueline's ambitious and ultimately triumphant campaign to refurbish the White House in a style consonant with its symbolic and historic stature. He was particularly upset by his wife's redecoration of the family dining room, which he used for breakfast meetings with congressional leaders. At one of the first sessions in the restored room, chunky Larry O'Brien, Kennedy's chief congressional liaison man (and now Postmaster General), plunked down on a delicate antique chair-and crashed to the floor. "It's a good thing...
...WORLD). In Indonesia, where Strongman Sukarno sought to refurbish his sullied image by firing Defense Minister Nasution, one of Peking's archenemies, anti-Communist students dared to howl their disapproval at the palace gates...
...SOMALIA Under the Ministry of Education, Volunteers will work in mobile, self-contained teams to build or refurbish one to four room schools, using locally resulted labor and locally available material...