Word: rebirth
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Thousand-year blocks of time enforce a chastening standard of weight and scale. The millennium has a gravitational pull that draws in the largest meanings, if only because its frame of reference is so enormous. The millennial drama represents nothing less than the ritual death and rebirth of history, one thousand-year epoch yielding to another. Such imponderable masses of time overwhelm and humble the individual life-span, reducing human tragedies and accomplishments to windblown powder...
After losing five of six varsity players from last year's 17-7 squad, a team many consider to be the best in Harvard tennis history, the Crimson is in a stage of rebirth...
...gives birth to herself" has finally had a rebirth worthy of her praise...
...lights and the music are back on Broadway. A rash of hit musicals has given the Fabulous Invalid a whole new life. And in passing, the so-called renaissance of the American musical has spurred a genuine rebirth of that endangered species, the original cast album...
Though Ueberroth has taped the Rebuild L.A. name to a dozen private initiatives since May, he knows the "rebirth" of South Central Los Angeles will not happen without some pushing and pain. Ultimately, it depends on whether the government decides to provide incentives for long-term investment in inner cities. "It has to be for good business reasons so it will last," he says. "If you do it for charitable reasons, it goes away as soon as the money runs out." He sees the prompt creation of enterprise zones as critical to the long-term success of his efforts...