Of opponents, Mr. Kelley said, "many of them are the same ones who say, 'Do something about the delays.' " He said the agency considered towns' objections, altering the plan in parts, and chose the best alternative.
The government said the project guaranteed ample power to the provinces, Bamyan and Wardak, which lie west of Kabul, and that altering the planned route would delay it by years and cost millions of dollars.
Neil Portnow, the president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, said that he counted Houston among his personal friends, so altering the planned Grammy telecast was not the first thing on his mind Saturday when he learned of the pop icon's death.
Recently, he said, a client showed him another architect's plans for a hotel in Lower Manhattan; Mr. Kaufman was able to alter the plans to squeeze in 25percentt more rooms.
First, it allows project planners to test whether the activities in the overall plan will add up to the intended result and to alter the plans if need be.
To date, the United States' aggressive efforts to safeguard its skies have altered the plans of thousands of international travelers, but it has not produced any arrests or definitive evidence of terror plots.
Pentagon officials traveling with Mr. Gates and American military officials in Baghdad said that the bombings would not alter the plans for withdrawal of more than 50,000 American troops from Iraq next year.
However, Montgomery decided to accept the risk rather than alter the plans for Operation Market Garden.
On 18 May, Bagramyan asked Timoshenko to alter the plans but Timoshenko along with Stalin refused to approve his request.
In this case, you can have an architect alter the plans to your specifications.
