Word: transformative
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interested in economic democracy, not political democracy. "If we can just be released from bureaucratic control on the factory floor," he says, "that's democracy. Can we make that work? That's our priority." His is the "economic generation," and it would be nice if it could completely transform China so that other issues could occupy the next generation. "But we can't," he says. "Xuyao shijian. It takes time...
...battle could be the last hurrah for the spit-and-polish Araskog, 65, a lanky 6-ft. 2-in. Minnesotan of Swedish stock who still towers over the company he has led since 1979. During that time, he has sought to transform himself from a poster boy for overpaid executives to a self-styled champion of shareholder rights. Yet Araskog, who served the National Security Agency as an interrogator of Soviet defectors in the '50s, can't seem to help treating everyone from Hilton CEO Stephen Bollenbach to ITT shareholders as if they might really be agents of a subversive...
...opening lines of Henry V have a seductive charm. Using the humble voice of the narrator, the playwright cajoles the audience to suspend disbelief. It's a bit much to ask, he admits, but might we transform "this unworthy scaffold" of the stage into the "vasty fields of France? or may we cram/Within this wooden O the very casques/That did affright the air at Agincourt?" For nearly four centuries, audiences have readily joined in this theatrical pretense. After all, who can refuse Shakespeare a favor...
...with the help of the accomplished director and composer Elizabeth Swados. "Cantata 2000"--composed, adapted and directed by Swados--was performed this spring on the Loeb Mainstage. The second professional director to work on a major undergraduate production as part of the Harvard-Radcliffe Visiting Director Project, Swados helped transform the stage into an off-Broadway production...
...squash courts. A partition and lots of love were all it took to transform the Adams House squash courts into a full-fledged Harvard gallery. For all the hype over the Advocate art show, the highlight was the independent effort by Eric Bennet (aka Jimmy Pistole) '97. Also, Jace Clayton '98 offered a multimedia show on Ellison's Invisible Man last fall featuring electronic music and video installations...