Word: revampment
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FLOWER POWER North Dakota's Democratic Senators want $450,000 to revamp the International Peace Garden, a "symbol of friendship" between the U.S. and Canada...
...replaced the politician-dominated levee oversight system with a centralized office staffed largely by engineers and scientists. Enrollment at Tulane and Loyola University, New Orleans' prestigious private colleges, has rebounded. And the city's notoriously underperforming school system is showing signs of improvement, with charter schools stepping in to revamp many troubled schools...
When I enrolled at Harvard and subsequently began covering the Faculty for The Crimson, it was a time of great expectations for Harvard’s flagship faculty. It had, for the first time in nearly three decades, launched a comprehensive effort to completely revamp undergraduate education at Harvard. Meanwhile FAS, and in particular the sciences, promised to be at the center of the University’s multi-billion dollar campus expansion across the Charles River into Allston, for which plans—and donors—were being lined...
...fact, the government effort to revamp Singapore goes beyond property development. After the 1997 Asian financial crisis, bureaucrats realized the city could no longer rely upon manufacturing to fuel its economy, and began setting policies designed to create higher-paying, white-collar jobs in specific sectors: biotechnology, education, and private banking and finance. Singapore aspires to be a regional or even global center in those areas by offering incentives to corporations such as tax breaks, reasonably priced premium office space and Singapore's corruption-free business climate...
...going to be a 10-, 30- or 50-year renovation,” Associate Dean for Residential Life Suzy M Nelson said after a meeting of the Committee on House Life yesterday. The Committee includes Harvard administrators, House masters, and students. The 50-year renovations, which would revamp house interiors to make better use of the existing space over the next 50 years is the only option that would necessitate a new dorm. Associate Dean of Harvard College Judith H. Kidd called for those involved in the Allston campus planning process to consider incorporating this type of space into their...