Word: shake-up
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...would pump up women. Not only did the song become the unofficial anthem of the feminist movement, but women and girls seemed to take the words literally and headed off to the gym. In the two decades since, female attitudes toward fitness and athletics have undergone a vigorous shake-up. Across the country, women are working out, running hard, even pumping iron. And they are doing it not just to look attractive but also to gain strength and a sense of self-sufficiency. They have discovered the secret pleasures long enjoyed by athletic men: the heady, sweaty, solitary...
Last month Barco announced a shake-up of the military's top brass. Among other things, an army captain has been sentenced to five years in prison for warning the cartel of upcoming antidrug operations...
...Macintosh computers won wide acceptance for business applications. But Apple's blush has suddenly faded. Because of slowing sales, the company is expected to lay off as many as 800 of its 12,000 employees. Under pressure to revive growth, Apple President John Sculley has launched a top-management shake-up. Two weeks ago, he appointed Michael Spindler, who led the company's successful foray in Europe, as chief operating officer...
...shake-up came as Campeau's troubles threatened to spiral out of control. Anxious suppliers have refused to sell their wares to Campeau units for fear of not being paid. At the same time, Campeau's 100,000 U.S. employees are worried about layoffs, and many top officers have begun to seek new jobs. Says Robert Nesbit, a managing partner at Korn/Ferry, the world's largest executive-search firm: "I shudder at what is happening. Never before have the proud people at Allied and Federated sought us out. Now we are talking to three or four top divisional and corporate...
...regain public confidence in the wake of the abortive coup, Aquino last week sacked nine of 19 Cabinet ministers in the third such shake-up of her presidency. The Cabinet changes, acknowledged press secretary Adolfo Azcuna, were prompted "by the same reasons, perhaps, that precipitated the coup." None of the ousted ministers had been accused of corruption, but some of their departments were widely considered ineffective, particularly Justice, Transportation and Education, where services had virtually broken down. Aquino also overhauled the Agrarian Reform Department, which has largely failed to deliver on her election promise of land redistribution...