Word: transformation
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What he is now is a six-year NBA veteran, a 2002 All-Star with a career scoring average of 15 points a game. What he was then was a player with the potential to radically transform the landscape of Ivy hoops...
...ways around the problems—a lessening of France’s now-infamous racism would probably do a lot to help—but, to state the obvious fact, history has no real examples of how a society formerly of one cultural, linguistic, and ethnic mode can transform into a society where a significant number of citizens don’t accept or even actively attack the societal norms. Europe is now witnessing the first serious consequences of its collective holiday from reality. Finally it is becoming clear that the continent’s social models as currently...
...Iraq and Afghanistan, and potential conflicts looming in North Korea and Iran-to say nothing of China's military buildup-allies are a must for the U.S. In that context, says Adam Ward of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, some U.S. strategists would like to transform Japan into "the U.K. of Asia"-a regional power on which the U.S. can rely not only for diplomatic support, but for military assistance all over the globe. It's a nice idea, but Ward insists that the analogy ignores the deeply shared roots between the U.S. and Britain...
...pushing the company to go after the lowest end of the spectrum: a sub-$40 phone aimed at farmers and the striving urban masses in India, several nations in Africa and, to a lesser extent, China. But he doesn't want to sell just cheap phones; he wants to transform those markets into a new base of customers for every product the company sells...
...that knowledge is not a static fixture but an organic construction, the more we realize that the world in which we live is not permanent and inflexible but instead created by us and always able to be recreated anew. By acknowledging how our understanding of the world is constantly transforming, we become increasingly aware of our potential to transform our world into a more human place. It’s time we improve sections in order to bring veritas, and with it a part of ourselves, back from the dead.Henry Seton ’06 is a social studies concentrator...