Word: altered
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...authors conjured without relying on the source material. Their achievement with this creation leaves one to ponder how successful they might have been if, freed from Butterfly, they had pursued the character of the Engineer or worked to devise other new characters. Such reflections, though tantalizing, do nothing to alter or elevate the present work that is on exhibition at North Shore Music Theatre. And yet, in spite of all its numerous shortcomings, this production is worth seeing, if only for Gray’s indelibly mesmerizing turn...
...brave enough to halt the bombing, as the United Nations suggests, to aid the thousands of Afghan refugees, so that Pakistan’s fundamentalists and other groups don’t join forces with the Taliban, or join the ranks of the terrorists? Are we brave enough to alter existing policies that might incite terrorism? To stop the sanctions on Iraq and take our troops out of Saudi Arabia? Are we brave enough to look critically at our relationship with Saudi Arabia and ask if our dependence on oil has made us too lax with a state that helps...
...central aspect of Dixon’s platform is “The New Model Charter,” a plan which would alter the current charter of the city of Cambridge and change the structure of its government...
...Model Charter” would also alter Cambridge’s voting process. Instead of the current proportional voting system which elects nine councillors from across the city, Dixon advocates a system with six at-large council members elected by proportional representation as well as nine council members directly elected from nine neighborhood districts...
...likely continue into next year. The message is mixed, but not necessarily contradictory. Even if they're driven out of Mazari al-Sharif and the capital, the Taliban are unlikely to disappear from the political-military equation. But the U.S. may be hoping over the next three weeks to alter the balance of power between the Taliban and its domestic foes, keeping its special forces poised, through the winter, if necessary, to take advantage of any opportunities offered by such a power shift to go in and get Bin Laden and his henchmen...