Word: revamping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pocketbook man himself, will be forced to do something about inflation, spiraling at an annual rate of 6.4%. The Chancellor, as one U.S. State Department expert noted last week, must shift his role from that of "peace chancellor" to that of "reform chancellor" and among other things revamp tax laws originally passed a quarter-century ago to grant generous incentives to business as a way of speeding postwar reconstruction. Additionally Brandt must act to correct shortcomings in education, agriculture and city planning. One new face in his next Cabinet will be that of former Munich Lord-Mayor Hans-Jochen Vogel...
...Governor of North Carolina like a detergent. His campaign consultant has divided the state into six "media markets" and thoroughly researched voter complaints in each market. In the eastern and mountainous western portions of the state, as a result, Bowles commiserates over bad farm roads and promises to revamp an inept highway commission. In Greensboro he emphasizes education, and in Charlotte, taxes...
...Well I was thinking...all those things didn't get together last year, except for one sweet moment in the Yale game, so maybe it takes time, even here, to adjust to new approaches. Football is football, even at Harvard, and you can't revamp the whole thing in a year. Maybe this is the year that it'll come around. That's that makes sports the life of America. Hugh. It gives people something to look forward...
...Chances are that HSA will revamp its operation and go into the travel business as a whole," he added. "I don't think we're going to walk away from the travel business...
...Kibbee and other officials were cautiously optimistic about their experiment. There was no exodus of professors, and there is no evidence that talented students were held back. Moreover, the task of having to cope with masses of students who lacked basic high school skills forced the university to revamp and modernize its teaching methods, potentially to the benefit of all students...