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...Clinton Administration is about to"reinvent" Social Security-- make that tweak -- with a new scheme to stagger millions of retirement and disability checks now sent out at the beginning of each month. The plan doesn't do much for the system's bankrupt future, but officials of Vice President Gore's National Performance Review say it ease the monthly burden on the U.S. Postal Service by spreading it out, and will save the government up to $1 billion over five years. Recipients will also be required to receive their checks electronically by direct deposit.TIME Washington correspondent Suneel Ratansays the worst...
...House approved a far-reaching measure that would reinvent the way the Federal Government regulates. The Republican-sponsored bill would require federal health, safety and environmental agencies to undertake detailed cost-benefit analyses before implementing new rules. The House also approved a second, related bill that would make it easier for landowners to obtain compensation from the government when their property values are diminished by environmental regulations...
...were wired through the Internet to speakers and screens 5,000 miles away. The band members promise that within 18 months they will produce a 3-D film of themselves performing in a virtual environment. Piqued by the possibilities of a new medium, Old Guard rockers are seeking to reinvent themselves cyber-electronically. A foray into the techno-arts has not only revived but enhanced the career of once forgotten pop singer Thomas Dolby. Last year his Virtual String Quartet -- a 3-D imaging project in which people played computerized instruments in virtual space -- found its way to the SoHo...
Having declared herself "naive and dumb," Hillary Clinton struggles to reinvent herself in a more popular First Lady mode
...agency's challenge in the post-cold war era is to reinvent its role by fighting such new threats as terrorism, nuclear proliferation and organized crime. So far, the agency has scored some successes. Before the Persian Gulf War, intelligence provided by CIA spies prevented some 120 terrorists from launching attacks, say agency officials. Signal intercepts, along with CIA informants in China, have alerted U.S. officials to chemical weapons-related shipments the Beijing government has tried to make to Iran. The agency has also succeeded in placing agents in the Cali drug cartel...