Word: transcender
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Live Aid has demonstrated to the world that it is possible to transcend political and geographical barriers to conquer apathy and alter the course of humanity. Geldof should be named TIME's Man of the Year. Perhaps the world would be better off if our leaders carried guitars instead of briefcases. Lisa Christine Scott Riverside, Calif...
What was the purpose of such headgear, beyond protection, identification and impressing the enemy? To transform, as the sculptor Isamu Noguchi pregnantly suggests in a short introduction to the catalog; to turn the mask, the effigy, into the man; to transcend death in the moment of challenging it. If one can imagine a philosophical hat, the conspicuous helmet would be it. --By Robert Hughes
...Everything Is Illuminated” succeeds in spite of this gimmick. But this success is not sustainable. Until Foer gets comfortable in his own shoes, he won’t be able to transcend mere impersonation, and his characters will forever feel slightly inhuman. Throwing his voice is not a solution, but a shortcut, and the more he allows himself to take it, the less likely it is that he’ll be able to communicate his feelings with the directness he strives...
...renew the acquaintance. That led the pair to join a benefit concert in Baltimore last week, where they played an onstage duet of the sort they could never play in politics. Says Adler: "You could fly a plane between where we stand on the political spectrum. But music can transcend ideology." Maybe they should send Springsteen to the next summit...
...this experience that allowed King, in the last years of his life, to transcend American “strategic interests” in Vietnam and call for recognition of the Vietnamese as brothers in a common struggle against imperialism. It is this experience that allowed him to consistently remind Americans, deluded by their supposed exceptionalism, to recognize the genuine, meaningful ties that bond all human beings together. And unfortunately, it is King’s evolution within this experience that may have precipitated his assassination...