Word: transformers
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...This would presumably reduce the likelihood of cohabitation, since the elections would probably be held on or near the same date, and it would be unlikely, but not impossible, for French voters to choose a President and a parliamentary majority from different political families simultaneously. But it could also transform the monarchical-style presidency envisioned by De Gaulle into that with a chief executive more like a U.S. President. Thus, politically, as well as socially and economically, France seems to be moving in a more American direction--without ever admitting...
...Hoefler typeface--very few right angles, very few straight lines--is always exquisitely legible without sacrificing high style, somehow managing to synthesize classical elements with the churning pop culture. "Typefaces have a viral quality," says Hoefler. "It's always amazing to see where they wind up and how they transform the things they inhabit." Adds Frere-Jones: "When you're designing a typeface, you're not really making a product. You're building a machine that will go and make other products...
...scalding brew, to let it seep under her skin and flavor her tender flesh. Mouths, nostrils become cultural portals, entry points through which the diesel fumes of a Tata bus, the bite of a roadside fried samosa and the burn of the scorching sun enter one's body and transform one's soul. Here, the ordinary becomes the extraordinary and the magnificent flows from the mundane as the unabashedly deceptive city deflowers virgin foreign flesh with a walk in the park, a ride down the street, a single cup of chai...
CREVE COEUR, MO. Two entrepreneurs want to transform the way people experience cemeteries CAIRO, ILL. A town once seared by racial conflict tries to rebuild itself
...split 5-to-4 on a crucial vote, striking down a Nebraska law that bans partial-birth abortions (and almost surely taking out similar laws in 30 other states). That one-vote margin is important, because the next President is likely to nominate two or more Justices--enough to transform the court on abortion and other key issues, from affirmative action to school vouchers to gun control...