Word: revamped
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...more congressional proposals. G.O.P. leaders in the House postponed a vote on their foreign-aid bill after the President blasted its cuts and its "isolationist" policy directives as a "frontal assault" on presidential authority. Meanwhile, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman warned that a presidential veto would await any attempt to revamp the federal food-stamp program into a block-grant package to the states...
...vote of 98 to 0, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch to become the new director of the C.I.A. Deutch will arrive at the troubled spy agency, which has been demoralized by the Aldrich Ames and other scandals, with a mandate to review priorities, revamp operations and replace top personnel...
...same time, Chirac intends to revamp the educational system and maintain the country's generous network of social and health benefits. When asked how he can simultaneously lower taxes, subsidize employment and boost salaries while cutting a $92 billion public deficit, Chirac likes to respond with an aphorism: "Politics is not just the art of the possible, it is sometimes the art of making possible what is necessary." Specifically, he has called for a major audit of state spending to identify and eliminate waste. He also intends to use proceeds from privatization to draw down the national debt...
...auburn, says, "Hair-dyeing is a seasonal thing. I get bored of the way I look and want a change. Then I can shape my wardrobe along with the color of my hair. I guess I am just pursuing my best look, and to find it I constantly revamp it. Besides, it's less permanent than a boob...
...latest in a series of moves to revamp the undergraduate concentration in history, the department will offer a senior appointment to Andrew Gordon '75, professor of history at Duke University, history department chair Thomas N. Bisson said yesterday...