Word: overhaul
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...rescue the country from Communism but also to impose a semblance of order on its chaotic political and economic life. In the twelve months since, a calmer, somewhat chastened Congress has passed more than 200 new laws and constitutional amendments. Among them: agrarian reform, a complete income-tax overhaul, and a law revamping the banking system. The national budget has been cut by 30%. The cruzeiro currency, once skyrocketing toward its namesake Southern Cross, has started to level off, and the cost-of-living increase, Brazil's chronic bugaboo, has declined by 19% in the past year...
...former acting Master of Kirkland House, Von Stade sympathizes with the "amount of sweat that the Masters go through." And indications are that the nine men who shape the House are beginning to feel a bit soggy. Although the Masters last year rejected a proposal to overhaul the present system, the vote was reportedly very close...
...exhaust fumes in their put-putting Fiats. But now, basta, banditti! In its own garage on the Via Nazionale sits a shiny black Ferrari with bulletproof windshield, a radio always tuned to headquarters, and enough notches in its tailpipe to frighten the Mafia. Last week it roared out to overhaul a crook in a Jaguar fleeing Rome with $160,000 worth of paintings. Last month it ran Luciano D'Antoni, "king of the jailbreak," into a ditch and back to jail. Ace Police Driver Armando Spatafora has a chestful of medals for his daring sprints in the name...
...with the Program. To foreign investors, Frei offers lower taxes and other inducements for expanding production; to the campesino, land reform; to slum dwellers, state-financed housing; to all taxpayers, an overhaul of the federal bureaucracy and a more efficient use of government funds. His plan to "Chileanize" the copper industry is typical of his give and take. Once Congress approves, the government will acquire a 25% interest in two new U.S. copper ventures and buy a 51% interest in the U.S.'s Braden Copper...
...sterility of the Doty debate is particularly unfortunate since an overhaul of the education offered in the College is long overdue. As a start, the lecture system ought to be curtailed as quickly as possible. The trend of the past few years toward small-group teaching is a good one, and it ought to be encouraged...