Word: shifting
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...single venture capitalist may be more responsible for that shift than Khosla, who formed Khosla Ventures in 2004 in part because his Kleiner Perkins partners were still hesitant to dive into clean tech. Khosla had no such fears, and he has emerged as a clean-tech evangelist. "By 2000, I felt that software and other businesses were reaching a dead end," he says. "But energy was an area where there were large markets that could benefit from innovation." Khosla hasn't held back - in the first nine months of 2007, Khosla Ventures participated in 14 deals worth nearly $70 million...
...them, but it will not be the priority. 15.FM: Finally, Nas said recently, “Hip Hop Is Dead.” True or false? Could hip-hop become something entirely different? MM: I hope that hip-hop evolves and continues to evolve. I think that it can shift to something that is different, but I can’t imagine that it’s going to be something that’s not about the Word, that’s not about rhyming, that’s not about visual representation, sound, and DJs or turntablism...
...Many Republicans nod their heads over Romney’s accomplishments, but eye his recent shift to social conservatism suspiciously. Pointing to Romney’s vetoes of liberal abortion laws and his Congressional testimony defending traditional marriage hasn’t helped. The media’s image of the calculating politician has stuck...
...group broke out into a Hebrew song. And when a member of the crowd requested a song in English, the revelry continued with, “I had a little dreidel, I made it out of clay.” Friday’s ceremony represents a significant shift from Harvard’s earlier years, when it limited the number of Jewish students admitted to the University. In 1922, then-President A. Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877, proposed to cap the number of Jewish students at Harvard—then 21 percent of the student body. In a letter...
...program consists of six half-courses: Two must be in practice-based courses, such as workshops on acting and directing, and another two must be in the study of dramatic works with courses taken through the Literature or English and American Literature and Language departments.This decision marks a shift from Harvard’s previous policy of giving no degree credit for such hands-on courses—formerly thought of as carrying the taint of “pre-professionalism”—and opens the door for a possible full-fledged concentration. Additionally, for some...