Word: transformation
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Before we criticize, we should look at the ends. This is politics; if different means transform the end (and, in the real world, this means winning or losing elections), it’s worth it to alter our tactics...
...desire to be entertained, not to be preached to. With every ticket they buy, moviegoers aren’t necessarily endorsing the views of the actors they see on the screen. Celebrities are agents of entertainment, not the “elect” who are destined to transform our society for the better. They are merely a group of people with the rare ability to make their audiences laugh and cry on cue, and such talent is merely a matter of good fortune. And why should we allow people whose “prominence” is as arbitrary...
...Most of the auto dealers take low mileage trade-ins and, after a few modest repairs, sell them as nearly new. They even carry a warranty. A car dealer with skilled mechanics and parts from the original manufacturer can take a four- or five-year-old car and transform it into one that operates like a one-year old car with a modest amount of work. It is profitable work for the car dealer and the car company which supplies the parts. It helps keep parts manufacturers in business and pushes up sales through the entire chain of industries that...
Amid all the anxiety out there, if there's a theme to the special Ideas issue this year, it's renewal. This is not false hope or irrational optimism but the power of ideas and innovation to transform the world and us. A decrepit transport system becomes the nerves of a new, greener network. A 16th century sect inspires a new generation of believers. The power of ideas is to make old, broken things work in fresh new ways. In fact, transformation is at the heart of what is going on in America and around the world...
...It’s just delightful she’s decided to come,” said Venky. “I am really happy she will be succeeding me as Dean.”Venky, who stepped down as dean last year after spearheading an effort to transform SEAS from a division to a school, said in an interview last year that the next phase of SEAS—turning it into a “model engineering school aimed at the broadly educated”—would be a “ten year...