Word: revamp
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...further efforts to revamp Loker, the Administration sent a survey to all undergraduates for suggestions, installed a new eatery called Fast Track to replace the former sweet shop and added a 33" TV and couches...
...known for its strident demands, but in this case, it is wasting its breath. The staff may as well be calling for imagined fairies named Harvard University and the city of Boston to wave their wands and render the river sparkling. The town of Milford is working to revamp its waste systems, the EPA has warned people, and crew teams producing world-class rowers need a place to practice. This is an unfortunate situation that many people are working to remedy. We believe that the staff is being unreasonable...
Marques' fiscal heroics made her a leading candidate to succeed Cesar Maia as Rio mayor in last October's elections, but she chose the steel-company job instead. Now her goal is to revamp the internal management at clanking CSN, whose steelworks began operating in 1946 in Volta Redonda, a town 100 km northwest of Rio. Marques is introducing new management policies--such as dividing the company into separate profit centers by product--that are virtually unknown to Brazil's insular corporate world. "If I don't watch out," she allows, "someone will start importing what I produce within three...
...games also need better entertainment. The cheerleaders and dance team are adequate, but the baton girl needs to revamp her routine. She is obviously a very skilled twirler, but no matter how fast she rotates the batons or how high they fly, the routine's just not very entertaining. Perhaps she could light the ends of the batons on fire. Entertainers willing to risk death have been crowd favorites since Roman times when gladiators and unfortunate Christians did battle with lions...
...think they're trying to revamp their pre-med image--trying to get rid of the stereotype," she said...