Word: transformation
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...just as some people sit at home in baggy tops or threadbare sweaters projecting a different version of themselves over the Internet or phone, so crew members of the Nebuchadnezzar transform themselves from grimy refugees to sleek sophisticates once they plug into the Matrix. What sci-fi nerd could ask for more than the instant urbanity afforded by outfits like those worn by Laurence Fishburne's Morpheus...
...Still, if the retail-music business is going to survive, this may be what it has to look like, and for the business side, that's the real significance of the digital revolution. "It's not piracy per se but a transition to a digital world that will transform what a record company is and how it works," says EMI's Rose. "While downloading is an important issue, it's just symbolic of a much more fundamental shift in how music will be moved and acquired by consumers and be used...
...finding won't eliminate the controversy around stem-cell research. Unlike the stem cells found in embryos, which can become anything from skin to nerves to muscle, the stem cells in baby teeth seem to transform themselves only into bone, nerve and fat cells, limiting their usefulness. They do, however, grow more quickly than stem cells found in full-grown adults. It's too early to suggest that children should start banking their baby teeth--and Shi for now has all the teeth he needs. Still, the Tooth Fairy must be very proud...
...belief [is that] artists have the power to transform our lives, to galvanize communities [and] to help us reach an understanding of ourselves and our relationship with the world and each other,” he says...
Tragedy works by haunting the psyche—infecting memory with its persistence and perverting identity to the point of total self-denial. Yet it can also serve to preserve one’s past and sense of self, and transform itself into a means of affirmation. Julia Pascal’s play-within-a-play, The Dybbuk, explores this perpetual haunting through the lens of modern Jewish identity, in a stark, powerful and moving production, directed in the Loeb Experimental Theater by Graham A. Sack...