Word: transformed
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...thousand Loba, as the people of Mustang are called. Yes, I saw two huge satellite dishes in the town of Tsarang and listened to the Eagles’ “Hotel California” while sitting in a traditional kitchen sipping milk tea. But I also watched farmers transform the desert to vivid green with centuries-old techniques and implements, saw Buddhist temples almost unchanged by time, and witnessed a sunset from a roof built hundreds of years ago. I walked for days without seeing a motorized vehicle, calling out to monks as they rode by on horseback with...
...focus on education," Nilekani says. "That has to happen." Still, Nilekani is sure that the U.S. will find its way in the internationalized economy. "The capacity of the U.S. to constantly reinvent itself," he says, "is really extraordinary." And why not? If inward-looking India and communist China can transform themselves and face the world, so can the U.S. and Europe...
...first computer was built in Manchester and it was one of the first cities to call for both an end to the slave trade and the right of women to vote. It was also the world's first industrial city, the crucible of a revolution that went on to transform the world. But while industry has been Manchester's most enduring legacy, its decline has left the city with a reputation problem, much like such other once-mighty industrial centers as Detroit and Rotterdam. Gone were the conglomerates, manufacturers and innovators of past, replaced by derelict factories, high unemployment numbers...
Next week, however, the European Commission hopes to begin draining the lake by overhauling the subsidies and quotas that have spurred overproduction, widely recognized as untenable for Europe's winemakers and its taxpayers. The Commission proposals, due to be released on Wednesday, aim to transform the way vines are planted and how wine is marketed, recognizing that too much of the E.U.'s $1.8 billion annual wine budget goes to compensate farmers for producing wine no one wants to drink. That wine is either destroyed, or - at additional cost - transformed into industrial alcohol...
...India is the largest democracy, and it encompasses such a variety of mind-sets almost beyond imagining. The country is undergoing a transformation and will eventually become phenomenally different. I appreciate Robinson's criticism, as it inspires us to prove that he is wrong. We are struggling to create a developed India, and I pray that God gives strength to everyone and inspires them to transform their outlook. Prashant Mishra, Bangalore, India...