Word: revampers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...temporary pension program for widows, then ballooned into an income-maintenance program for millions of unemployed women with children, may now become a job program that would enable people to get off the dole altogether. By a vote of 93 to 3, the Senate agreed last week to revamp the nation's welfare laws in the hope of breaking the cycle of dependency on government support. "It's the first major change since the 1930s," said New York's Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the architect of the bill, "and it redefines the notion of welfare...
Supporters of a five-year plan to revamp Central Square say it will turn a gritty stretch of Mass. Ave into an attractive shopping area--but several local residents testified Monday night that the plan could change their neighborhood for the worse...
...city may adopt the recommendations as part of a $920 million five-year plan to revamp Boston's municipal facilities and services. The city has allocated $90 million of this money to improving city parks and recreation facilities...
...believe he will be forced out by next May, when the Prime Minister must seek parliamentary approval to serve another two years. Reports circulating in Belgrade say Mikulic is seeking a successor to enable him to step down. Many citizens openly yearn for a leader with the vision to revamp the sclerotic Communist hierarchy and loosen controls over politics and the economy. That would follow the astonishing growth of press freedom and other rights that have blossomed since Tito's death. But no leader short of a new Tito may be able to advance bold new reforms or successfully...
Kerry's subcommittee is also looking into a $375,000 loan that Hull and a handful of partners received in 1983 from the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corp., purportedly to revamp a sawmill. The owner of the mill, Rancher William Crone, testified that almost none of the $375,000 was used for its designated purpose. Embarrassed opic officials conceded that collateral for the loan was valueless and said they had asked the Justice Department for a fraud investigation. Senate probers suspect the money was used to finance some of the covert operations that North described during the Iran-contra hearings...