Word: transformation
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...Translation: it's not in Israel's interest to topple the fledgling Lebanese government and transform the country into a failed state. If that happens, Hizballah and other militant groups will have even more free rein to make trouble, with Iran and Syria able to exploit the chaos for their own ends...
...Indeed, the entire Zidane episode may have been reminder of the limits of sports to transform society. As much as the so-called beautiful game would like to represent a color-blind and cosmopolitan ideal of a multi-cultural society, the reality off the field - and occasionally even on the field - is a lot uglier...
Over the past century, half a dozen Presidents have tried to radically transform American strategy. At the turn of the century, Theodore Roosevelt sought to adapt U.S. foreign policy to match the nation's new position in world politics. But while he persuaded Congress to back his efforts to bolster U.S. hegemony in the western hemisphere, he failed to overcome long-standing suspicions of balance-of-power politics in Congress and among the U.S. public. As a result, his transformation proved untenable. Woodrow Wilson came to office focused on domestic issues but ultimately intervened in World War I, leading...
...TROPEZ: When director Roger Vadim set the racy 1956 Brigitte Bardot movie Et Dieu Cr?a la Femme (And God Created Woman) in the coastal town of St.-Tropez, he helped transform the French fishing port into a magnet for the jet set. These days, just about everyone else is drawn to "St. Trop" (around 100,000 visitors swarm the town each day in high summer)?but not during the fall, when hotels like the 19th century Ch?teau de la Messardi?re offer palatial rooms at almost half the peak-season rate. You'll also enjoy crowd-free beaches, no-hassle dinner...
...advice and a very informed point of view on how students do theatre at Harvard and the ways in which the design could best serve these students,” he said. “The NCT will be an incredible new state-of-the-art theatre that will transform undergraduate drama at Harvard; in very large part, we have Alan to thank for that.”Symonds was born in Rhode Island in 1946. He received his A.B. from Harvard College and went on to work extensively in the world of professional lighting. His expertise...