Word: reconstructionalism
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Stoppard, intrigued by these passive, undifferentiated non-characters, tries to reconstruct the drama of Hamlet from their point of view. He intersperses his own imagined dialogue with the actual text of Shakespeare's play, to create a fascinating new perspective on Hamlet, drama, the human condition and flipping coins...
Others are seeking to redefine socialism itself. Michel Charzat, a French party official, believes that the left must launch a "project to reconstruct a society in which citizens come together, discuss, deliberate, make compromises." What the people are looking for, he says, are "pragmatic responses to their concerns." Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the Portuguese party, calls for "new solutions to new problems" and points to examples such as job sharing as a possible answer to unemployment...
That find might only have started a months-long forensics process. In order to identify the vehicle, investigators feared that they might have to reconstruct an entire van from pieces scattered not only on the ramp but also at the bottom of the crater. Turning over the piece of metal, though, investigator Hanlin noticed a blackened but decipherable sequence of five numbers. They were part of the vehicle identification number stamped on various parts of vehicles to help police trace one that is stolen or wrecked in an accident. Experienced agents know that the identification numbers are actually codes that...
Isuspect that I may have been a child at some point in my life. The evidence, however, is sparse. In trying to reconstruct a chronology, I've determined that my childhood did not occur during a time, like now, when children's issues had captured public attention and child care was an increasingly salient issue on the political agenda...
...tons. Through its hollow center, protons and antiprotons, accelerated to nearly the speed of light, smash into one another thousands of times in a second. The energy unleashed creates showers of short-lived particles that scintillate like tiny sparklers. From the evanescent flashes recorded by the detector, physicists can reconstruct the identities of the particles that produced them...