Word: shifts
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...rising prominence of Future Systems is one more sign of the remarkable shift in architectural taste over the past decade. One of these days someone will write a revisionist history of 20th century architecture that will trace the survival of a line. I don't mean a bloodline. I mean an actual line, a ribboning, curving one with sources in plant life and cellular forms and the swells and inlets of the human body. It was that undulating line that Modernism almost did away with when it swept into power in the middle of the 20th century, stomping its robot...
...Clearly, this is not a picture of a population obsessed with dire financial scenarios. In coming years, this shift to a culture of consumption can be counted on to boost Chinese imports, contributing to more balanced global trade and putting Messrs. Paulson and Bernanke more at ease. Meanwhile, the aspirations of Chinese to improve their living standards, seek better education for their children, invest their growing wealth in new ways and savor a more worldly lifestyle will present huge opportunities for companies nimble enough to take advantage of this profound cultural change...
...song’s harmonic arms while the brontosaurus beat stomps forward. The tracks rotate upon revolving choruses and repeating lines (e.g. “There’s no harm / There’s no harm / There’s no harm done”) but the circles shift sufficiently to make the songs interesting. Slow harmonic builds like the one at the end of “Sleep in Splendor” are what redeem this disc from the oblivion of sonorous boredom. And thank goodness that almost midway through the disc, the rolling guitar...
...Wiesler’s, the stoicism of the Stasi agent is gradually edged away through his close contact with Dreyman’s life. The elegant internal conflict that Wiesler experiences is the predominant struggle in the film, as what he stands for begins to crumble and his loyalties shift from the GDR to the greater concerns of the human condition. Along with Mühe’s moving display of the breakdown of tradition, “The Lives of Others” offers a number of other talented actors that display some unforgettable moments during the film...
...Lieberman says leaving the Democratic Party is a "very remote possibility." But even that slight ambiguity - and all his cross-aisle flirtation - has proved more than enough to position Lieberman as the Senate's one-man tipping point. If he were to jump ship, the ensuing shift of power to Republicans would scramble the politics of the war in Iraq, undercut the Democrats' national agenda and potentially weaken their hopes for the White House in 2008. Those stakes are high enough to give Lieberman leverage with both parties no matter how slim the chance of his crossing the aisle. Which...