Word: transformers
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Because only a few undeveloped areas remain in Cambridge, development projects are done in a more piecemeal fashion, as the University seeks to transform its remaining holdings on the edges of the campus into University-used spaces...
...figurines, but the walls were like this when I got here. The lantern, that's from a restaurant that was going out of business. And the acolyte is really my computer, which, thanks to a variety of new websites, discussion groups and cyberapostles, is all I need to transform office space into spiritual space. I can explore or practice religion and religions with a few keystrokes. I can "attend" sermons and listen to calls to prayer, seek advice and philosophy. And I don't have to go anywhere. Or, with a laptop and connection, I can go anywhere...
...student complaints were ever recorded about the 6'5" monstrosity that wandered the campus between 1947 and 1951. Frederick H. Gwynne `51 had yet to undergo the three-hour make-up process that would transform him into Frankenstein's close cousin for the 1960s television show "The Munsters...
...Cosmetic surgery is no longer the domain of middle-aged women, either. Britain's Transform Medical Group, which has 16 clinics, says two-thirds of its patients are under age 40, and half of those are under 30. Men are also increasingly seeking to enhance their looks by scalpel and syringe. The Viel twins and Corporación Dermoestetica say 30% of their patients are male. "We see more and more men around 50 coming in," says Yann Levet, who operates two clinics in France. "They say they are feeling strong competition from younger players at work." Sometimes they...
...word. That's partly because it too easily raises false hopes and partly because doctors are increasingly convinced that a cure is not the only way to beat cancer. Instead, experts believe, by throwing a series of monkey wrenches into the cancer cell's machinery, the new therapies could transform cancer from an intractable, frequently lethal illness to a chronic but manageable one akin to diabetes and high blood pressure. Says Dr. Leonard Saltz, a colon-cancer specialist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering: "I don't think we're going to hit home runs, but if we can get a series...