Word: refurbishment
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...received "I'm in control" television appearance shortly after the assassination attempt against President Ronald Reagan. Thus Haig looked upon his first overseas trip as Secretary of State not only as an opportunity to sound out Middle East leaders, but also as a chance to refurbish his image. Haig's journey was just one part of the Administration's road show: Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger was in Europe last week attending a meeting of the Nuclear Planning Group of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...
...Cambridge City Council last night sent a not-so-subtle message to the city's School Committee that if it wants financil approval for its plans to renovate schools in East Cambridge, it must first decide to refurbish the Haggerty school as well...
Under the present system, there is no direct election of national leaders. Voters elect the members of Parliament, but these members elect the President and the Prime Minister. The election would only serve Marcos as "an exercise to refurbish his international image," Aquino said...
...Nancy will work quietly for several pet projects. She hopes to spur national campaigns against alcoholism and drug abuse. She would like to garner private funds to refurbish Blair House, the official residence across the street from her new address. Handicapped children have a special appeal to her. Back in California she frequently visited homes and institutions for them, cuddling the youngsters and smiling warmly. Once back in her car, she would break down in tears. She will not give press conferences, sit in on Cabinet meetings or travel extensively on her own. Says a friend: "She is the kind...
...both it was a hair-raising risk. Earlier debates have turned on the most inconsequential factors: Richard Nixon's 5 o'clock shadow in 1960, Gerald Ford's gaffe in saying that Poland was not under Soviet domination in 1976. But those candidates had weeks to refurbish their images; Carter and Reagan will have no such luxury. Yet neither candidate felt he could pass up the chance to score a breakthrough and win that final, elusive, decisive few percentage points of the vote. Nor could either candidate appear to be ducking the other's challenge...