Word: transformative
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...editors? When asked by an audience member how he felt when before handing over his manuscript to his editors, Ondaatje said “terrified.” But he admitted that writing is far less collaborative than film. With the whim of his pen, a writer can transform Turkey into China—and then potentially change it back if dissatsifed with the alteration. But in film, an editor’s cuts are much more final...
That the contest was the seniors’ last home game added further pressure to the situation. So while nerves were riding high, an emotional talk with the seniors the night before helped transform anxiety into fervor...
...saying that Hollywood should keep its mitts off Asian films. A decade ago, Quentin Tarantino did a cool twist (Reservoir Dogs) on a Hong Kong crime story (City on Fire). The challenge is for Western directors to transform the Eastern originals with all the grit and glamour at their command. The alternative is to settle for making blown-up dupes of movies like The Ring. And that prospect is really ... scary...
...policy changes that will transform college admissions, Yale and Stanford Universities independently announced yesterday that they are eliminating their Early Decision programs in favor of nonbinding Early Action starting with next fall’s admissions cycle...
...difficult it will be to govern with a majority is true. Deficits are already mushrooming and now Bush cannot blame the opposition for increasing spending. He must manage a tricky economy while pushing some costly new proposals. His Department of Homeland Security will be expensive; his plan to transform Social Security will cost at least $1 trillion in transition costs, according to the experts and any plans he has for overhauling the tax code will also certainly have big outlays associated with making the switch. We may even see Democrats running in 2004 as the party of fiscal responsibility...