Word: transformation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...difficulties of Friday's concert, however, are far less significant than the progressive trend of Thomas' musical inclination. By the range of his tastes, his education, his inherent abilities, and the esteem now accorded him, Tilson Thomas is uniquely 'qualified to transform the symphony orchestra into a flexible nucleus for the continuing expansion of the musical spectrum. It is a creative project which he takes seriously. And, he assured me, he is having no difficulty in financing his novel programs. Why then, I naturally wanted to know, did so many others adamantly maintain that unconventional programming was unfeasible...
Still I can't recommend the show to general audiences. For once the gap lies between a director's excellent execution and a playwright's silly intentions-which even skill can't totally transform. But those interested in theater put together by people who take the kind of chances which may one day produce meaning as well as excitement should see Subject to Fits for its moments of passion and promose...
...Bond becomes vague and imprecise: when he opts for "collectivization" and "community socialism" his arguments lack any mechanical framework for achieving them. Ever the pragmatist, Bond advocates issue-by-issue coalitions based on mutual self-interest as a primary source of black political power. But what specific strategy could transform tenuous ideology into hard reality? Bond does not respond with analytical content but chooses instead to rest upon the catch-all of "commitment...
THERE was never any doubt that West German Chancellor Willy Brandt was the overwhelming favorite of his countrymen in this week's election. The question was whether Brandt could transform that personal popularity, and the widespread approval of his policy of reconciliation with East Germany, into votes for his Social Democratic Party. This week, as the election returns began coming in, it was evident that the answer was yes. West Germany's voters rejected Brandt's unimpressive opponent, Christian Democratic Leader Rainer Barzel, and returned the magnetic Chancellor with a majority in the Bundestag...
...Talk of the Town. Only once does he break tone and give a hint of the robust tall-tale telling of his native Texas. He describes his grandfather, who, with good looks and a bottle of Teamster's Early Grave, convinced a conservation-minded wood nymph to transform herself "into one million board feet of one-by-ten of the very poorest quality neatly stacked in rail road cars on a siding outside of Fort Riley, Kans." Barthelme concludes: "Actually, he just plain cut down the trees...