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In 1453, they took Constantinople, and immediately made it their capital, renaming it Istanbul.
But the city board eventually compromised, renaming just the few blocks of Markham Street around the library after the president--a plan the mayor said he came to embrace after asking himself, "What would Jesus do?"
One would expect that a certain amount of common sense be exercised: Palm Drive and Bougainvillea Boulevard would be as out of place in Massachusetts as Yucca Lane; with the devastation wrought by Dutch elm disease, one might consider renaming all the streets in America named Elm Street to describe a hardier species.
The Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 amended the PRA, renaming and elevating former information resources manager positions to executive-level CIOs who report directly to the agency head and have information management as a primary responsibility.
Examples of this kind of national restoration of local names are the renaming of Stalinabad already mentioned and the renaming of the capital of Kyrgyzstan.