Word: revamp
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Administration's Asian policy, but has yet to formulate one of his own, which he believes is a President's role, not a Senator's. Congressional colleagues, including some Democrats, fault Kerrey as unfocused and naive about Senate customs. Early this year, for example, he introduced a bill to revamp the savings-and-loan bailout agency, the Resolution Trust Corporation, even though he is not a member of the Banking Committee. "Kerrey should have known better," says a House Republican. "With five members under investigation in the Keating scandal, the Senate isn't about to revisit the S&L scandal...
...levies are equitable and if -- this is an important caveat -- the money is well spent. But in the insular world of Washington neither party hears both parts of this message. To date, Republicans have been unwilling to endorse the necessary taxes and Democrats have been loath to revamp the programs. Now that the debate has moved into the open, the voice of the people may finally get through...
Drawing on widespread dissatisfation with the declining standards of American schools, Republican senatorial hopeful James W. Rappaport has been pitching a plan to revamp the department of Education, by stripping of it its financial clout and shifting authority to the local level...
...addition, the rebate was also lower because the Coop plans to reinvest a portion of its profits to revamp its aging infrastructure, Dans said...
...College may soon revamp its policy of excused absences from exams, requiring students to make up missed tests during the regular exam period instead of waiting several months for a retest, College officials said yesterday...