Word: transformative
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...packed and exciting. The stark red, black, and white color scheme of the cover certainly gives just that impression. Perhaps there’s even an element of mysticism or magic in the book. If Wao turns out to be a kind of Chinese gangster/philosopher with the ability to transform into a bird, this book is going to be a big hit. Because, just admit it, you and I were both obsessed with those “Animorphs” books...
...abandoning one community for the next, a homogenized landscape (as now seen across the United States) would actually make a...transplantable skilled or unskilled employee feel right at home,” writes Brouws. This transitory nature of American life is apparent in the speed with which derelict sites transform into franchised businesses before being abandoned once again. And yet there is a certain beauty in this constant metamorphosis of the landscape that both writer Fox and photographer Brouws disregard: the landscape is alive and changing from one year to the next, even if it is not necessarily...
...Nowski says that it was also her job to take two ordinary students with a message and transform them into a president and a vice president...
...reform reflects his electoral promise to "rupture" with France's musty status quo. By launching that assault just six months into his five-year term, Sarkozy grasps how vital a victory in reforming public-sector pensions is to enabling the rest of his modernization program. "We were elected to transform France," Sarkozy said ahead of the strikes, "and will apply these reforms because they must be applied...
...script as flawed as “Cholera,” could have easily come across as hackneyed. The two actors have fantastic chemistry, and the rare scenes where both characters are together are the jewels of “Cholera.” Expert make-up work helps transform both characters from inexperienced teenagers to aged lovers.Turning a Latin-American novel into an English film is a very difficult task: the translation can easily render a beautifully poetic line in Spanish as corny in English. García Márquez’s writing makes this translation even...