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...that theme - the possibility of dramatic transformation through artifice - struck a personal chord. At 18, he entered the Art Academy of Taiwan as an acting student, and found himself changed from a shy, uncertain teen into a star. Only after moving to the U.S. in 1978 did he switch to directing. His English, he realized, wasn't good enough for him to succeed in America as an actor...
...began playing the real-time strategy game Warcraft 3 with his freshman year roommates, moving to World of Warcraft the next year after he discovered that one of his roommates had been playing it in secret.“I had qualms,” he says of the switch. “I didn’t want to waste time…but the idea spread like a plague.”And he’s not the only Nadler to catch the plague: at the age of twelve, his little brother is already a level...
...hard transition, then you owe it to every student to say that they get credit for every Core that they took,” Harris said.At its second meeting yesterday, the committee used anonymous course transcripts to examine the effects of an abrupt curricular switch. After the exercise, “there were several people who began to doubt the wisdom and feasibility of a hard transition,” according to Assistant Dean of the College Stephanie H. Kenen.In a “soft” transition, Gen Ed and the Core would co-exist for an adjustment period...
...weather or track conditions, mechanics will tinker with the transmission, or slide the wheels in or out along the axle to adjust a kart's handling. They can soften the ride with torsion bars, support the driver's seat to alter the load going into a corner, and switch between slick and treaded tires. Early exposure to those details "explains why people like [Hamilton] are that good," says Martin Hines, boss of the Hertfordshire-based Zip Kart Young Guns team, which backed Hamilton when he was 8 years old and now does the same for Nelson. "They...
...various factions. The tribes did not turn on AQI for entirely admirable reasons. They turned, in part, to protect their own interests - the power they wielded and the wealth that their power entailed. If the situation changes or sufficient inducements are offered, some of them will no doubt switch sides again...