Word: transformer
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...order not only to win this election, but to lay the grounds for a Democratic revival, we need the courage to redefine the ideas the Right has tried to monopolize, not run from them. And when opportunities for meaningful change present themselves, we must show the courage to fundamentally transform both our party’s vision and our nation...
...strongmen don't come any stronger than General Abdul Rashid Dostum. A former communist general known to have ordered enemy captives crushed under a Russian tank, Dostum, 49, is trying to transform himself from warlord into smiling presidential candidate. That's going to take some finesse, given that he strikes fear in many Afghans in his northern stronghold of Shebarghan. Dostum's idea of campaigning is to sit on a thronelike chair in his rose garden and scowl at a line of deferential tribal elders, officials and militia commanders who will be expected to deliver votes from among the Uzbeks...
...secret to deal with the pressure of stabilizing a nation, the Curricular Review would be well served by initiating a substantive dialogue about the details and finer points of proposals with a broader audience. Presenting the community with specific plans and putting them up for discussion might help transform what has thus far been a relatively legless and rather visionless operation. When audiences are part of an ongoing dialogue and informed about the true status of decisions, they are far more likely to be invested in the outcome. Otherwise, the Review can all too easily descend into?...
Forty-three Faculty members will staff the four primary committees that will be responsible for bringing to life changes—from assigning freshmen to upperclass Houses upon matriculation to axing the Core curriculum—that will transform the Harvard undergraduate experience...
...potentially to a whole ethnic group; the security situation in much of the Sunni heartland is perilous right now, and it will be some of these areas that would be passed over in a partial vote. With the Sunni Arabs already confronting the prospect that Iraqi democracy will transform them from a ruling elite into a 15-20 percent minority, the effect of excluding whole Sunni towns from the vote will likely strengthen the hand of Sunni forces calling for a boycott. If the Sunnis as a bloc stay out of the election, that's a massive victory...