Word: overhauling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only remnants of Kelly's past that survive his ideological overhaul and self-exile from his family are his relationship with his childhood "brother," a Puerto Rican Fresh Air Fund kid named Felix, and their shared devotion to theft. As a Miracle mover, Kelly pockets small valuables and gives them to Luz, his girlfriend and fellow criminal, or buys food for the neighborhood homeless. Still, he never manages to feel "full." He finds he can't change the world or heal his own heart with petty crime. His eventual shift into large-scale art theft fails to solve this central...
Kelling, credited by many with spurring the near-miraculous overhaul of the New York City Police Department, had never undertaken a study of such a tiny department and says he knew from the beginning that he would face problems...
...story of last year was Harvard's reluctance to join the pack in raising financial aid benefits. Starting with Princeton University, quickly followed by Stanford and Yale universities, school after school announced that they would overhaul their financial aid policies, increasing aid to middle class families...
...University Hall renovation--expected to cost between $8 and $10 million--is largely aimed at bringing the building into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and will add an elevator to the north side of the building. In addition, the project will include an overhaul of the heating and electrical systems and will add slightly more office space...
...campaign is not the only centralized effort to come out of Rudenstine's tenure. Project ADAPT, a $100 million overhaul of the University's bookkeeping systems, is scheduled to be completed in 2001. ADAPT will centralize accounting across the University, coordinating Harvard's financial records and setting up an on-line expense reimbursement system that the whole University will subscribe...