Word: reinvention
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...Since Sept. 11, Star Trek has basically become an action franchise again. It's even trying to be sexier. But Trek's creators must constantly ask themselves how to draw new consumers without alienating old ones. It's the Cher problem: How many times can you reinvent yourself...
...don’t understand the history of the institution,” says Herrera. “Information is not passed down because every two years, there’s a great turnover and we have to reinvent the wheel...
Cambridge is a magical city. More neurons per square inch and more connectors between those neurons, more Internet connections than any other place in the globe make this a wonderful place to reinvent oneself. And despite all that connectivity and all those connectors, people do not connect. People avoid eye contact with strangers in Harvard Square, elsewhere in Harvard, in Cambridge and in surrounding areas...
...ever bothers to reinvent the wheel, but chairs are another matter. Take the new EVA DVA Child Chairs, for example. Made of the same soft, nontoxic foam used in athletic mats, they come in vibrant colors and can be stacked like oversize blocks to create free-form sculptures or geometric room partitions. Available in 12 color combinations, including orange-red, green-blue and yellow-gray, the chairs are designed for children ages 3 to 6 but are supposed to be sturdy enough to hold adults weighing as much as 300 lbs. That might be a tight squeeze. INVENTORS Lawrence...
...some questioned the theme's suitability for a modern Jewish artist. Newman pointed to the subtitle, Lema Sabacthani, the psalmist's cry of "Why hast thou forsaken me?", telling an interviewer: "This is what the paintings mean to me. The cry." After the Stations, he needed to reinvent himself once more, says Temkin, and he took to the new bright acrylic paints. His surfaces became denser and he moved into a more upbeat phase, coining the word zip for his trademark stripes. As you approach Anna's Light (1968), a 6-m spread of pure scarlet bordered by white painted...