Word: retool
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These impressive credentials made her a clear Second Team All-Ivy selection and validated the decision to retool her swing...
...Today Gao is adjusting to what he calls his "second exile," his escape from Nobel celebrity. After Taipei, he will retool Snow in August for a production in Marseilles, where 2003 has been declared the Year of Gao Xingjian. Regardless of plaudits, prizes and criticism, Gao will no doubt continue along his solitary, unflinching path. "I think he has an interior mission," says translator Dutrait. "He's determined to go all the way to the end, the end of his dreams of total art, of cinema, painting, novels, theater, everything. And he must go faster. He sees the time passing...
Does this sound familiar? We too have had no end of a lesson, and we too may be compelled to rethink and retool our Grand Strategy. This involves weaving together all those elements of national strength (military, economic, financial, social) to preserve and enhance the entire people in both war and peace. This is hard, but not impossible. On any consideration of America's relative power in the world today, all the signs are favorable. Our defense spending equals 36% of the world's total military spending. We engage in 40% of the world's Internet traffic and produce...
...What's got everybody stirred up? A commission George W. Bush formed to retool Social Security has issued a preliminary report warning that the system is badly "broken" and headed for a train wreck in the future unless part of it is privatized. The panel's members, whom W hand-picked because they all like the idea of privatization in the first place, will be reviewing the draft report this week. Anything this commission does becomes politically explosive because politicians not only can't agree on how to fix Social Security, they're still arguing over what ails...
...don’t really get the chance to be students very often. I’ve been doing this for 18 years without a break,” Schofield said. “This is now a chance to step back and retool and make sure I like the way I’m doing things...