Populist leaders can be fickle and keep refashioning themselves to appeal to the masses.

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Many Malian officials say they believe rebels are refashioning Soviet rockets trafficked from Libya into dangerous land mines.

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How about transformation or metamorphosis or the candidate of refashioning, revamping, reworking?

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The company is hoping to cure its problems by refashioning itself into a collection of small biotechs despite great skepticism in some quarters.

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He will also notice that a botched refashioning of a Soviet legacy has excited far more unrest than the war in Chechnya or the erosion of Russian democracy.

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Consumers can also take more responsibility by repairing and caring for the clothes they own, trading their duds at clothing swaps and, for the particularly creative, refashioning last year's styles into fresh looks.

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And all these moves have taken place against the backdrop of Syria's refashioning of its military in the image of Hizbullah on steroids and Iran's relentless, unopposed progress in its nuclear weapons program.

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While he served in the position popularly known as "pay czar, " Feinberg had the job of refashioning the compensation programs of seven firms that had received exceptional assistance from the government and U.S. taxpayers.

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Larry Grisolano, a top Democratic strategist, says companies with consumer brands should consider learning from President Barack Obama and refashioning their advertising appeals to woo consumers who crave straight talk and a sense of community.

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