Word: transformation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...father thrust the tennis racquet into her hand, ready to take both his daughter and himself step-by-step down the road to fame and fortune. As a famous child, Capriati seemed oblivious to her surroundings. Yet one day, the fun and frolic of fame was likely to transform itself into a deeper commitment to her full-time...
...number of films like Bird on a Wire, Mel Gibson, for example, used a turn as Hamlet to achieve some gravitas. The latest bardolatrous movie hunk is KEANU REEVES, who, passing up a $6 million offer to star in Without Remorse, traveled to a stage in Winnipeg, Canada, to transform himself from surfer dude to the glum, quibbling Prince of Denmark. And how has he done? A London Sunday Times critic wrote, "He is one of the top three Hamlets I have seen for the simple reason: he is Hamlet ... full of undercurrents and overtones...
Finally, this could be the year in which computers turn into Bob? Yes, Bob, the latest hoo-ha from Microsoft that is supposed to transform your computer into something more, um, human. Seeking to smooth over whatever user- unfriendliness still adheres to the latest version of Windows, Bob ties together all the uses most people will have for their home computer into cartoon-like images of a living room, kitchen or den. Many of the objects on the desks and shelves do things. Click on the paper and pencil, for example, to launch a word-processing program. Click...
...arrival of younger professionals is beginning to transform the originally blue-collar family-oriented community...
...while she still promotes social change, that change is now primarily culinary; after entertaining Bill Clinton in 1993, Waters wrote to him: "We can mobilize a small army of restaurateurs across the country who share a common belief that the choices we make about what we eat can transform our society." Guerilla restaurateurs...