Word: transformation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...country was headed, but one thing was clear: in turning away from a center-right presidency for the first time in 23 years, the French people had embarked on a bold adventure that would sorely test the political institutions of the Fifth Republic and-if Mitterrand has his way-transform the social and economic landscape...
...wife's affair, saying that it was his long absences on business that drove her into the arms of another for consolation, like a sulking housewife. Never mind. Billie Jean practiced first-class damage control and won the grace-under-pressure award for this month. She managed to transform an ugly and preposterously public embarrassment into something else: an affectingly human little drama about Billie Jean King in trouble...
Cities throughout Europe and Japan have operated facilities to transform their waste into fuel for nearly 20 years, but significant numbers of plants have not opened in this country, despite considerable interest and research effort by energy companies, city officials and the federal government...
...television set has long since evolved from a rare electronic marvel into a household appliance that is as ubiquitous as the kitchen stove. Now, a host of video products is appearing on the market that can transform the home TV from a passive machine capable of receiving broadcast programs into a versatile instrument permitting viewers to watch whatever programs they want, when they want. The latest entry in this market is videodiscs, machines that reproduce recorded programs or movies from a record-like platter onto the screen of any home television set. Next week, RCA Corp. will unleash an avalanche...
Indeed, the decision to transform the guerrilla war in that country into a major trial of will was made in part to draw the sharpest contrast between the Carter and Reagan approaches to foreign affairs...