Word: refurbishment
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...pork barrel spending, estimates of the total set aside for these pet projects range from $11 billion to $16 billion. Other questionable giveaways in the bill include $250,000 for the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, $500,000 to renovate ski trails in Alaska, $4.9 million to refurbish historic bathhouses in Arizona, and $75,000 to the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame in Appleton, Wisconsin...
Despite the recent renovations, McLoughlin said that more external repairs still need to be done—particularly to the outdated and poorly maintained rook and gutter system of the building. Little admitted that repairs are not yet complete and that plans to install additional lights and refurbish the floor in the Sanctum have already been approved...
...tree." There are signs that France is beginning to strike at the roots. Two weeks ago the Raffarin government established a new administration for renovating decrepit housing projects, a measure long sought by Junior Minister for Urban Affairs Jean-Louis Borloo. The National Agency for Urban Renovation intends to refurbish or build new housing for nearly 6 million banlieue residents by the end of 2008. Some of the program will involve the relocation of partial neighborhoods to more affluent city centers, and the project could initially create around 100,000 new jobs for residents. Borloo is basing this drive...
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When French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder, hoping to refurbish their creaking "axis," pledged to join forces against the American-led war effort, the other Europeans were not amused. Their counterthrust came in the form of two open letters, splashed across the front pages of Europe's newspapers, in which 18 countries agreed to stand together against Saddam--and at the side of the United States. It didn't help when Chirac, cane in hand, blasted the East Europeans among them for "misbehaving." For now, say goodbye to Europe's speaking "with one voice." And score that...