Word: transformers
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During a tumultuous time in Russian history, in which many Russians still wish to return to a communist system, sewing the seeds of capitalism at seven years-old seems to be the only solution for a country with an agenda to remain capitalist. If Russia is to transform itself into a functioning market economy, its children will have to understand the ethos of one--complete to win. According to the Times article, economics has now become one of the foremost majors in Russian universities, while 10 years ago studying economic theory there was an offense punishable by imprisonment...
...good TF can transform a class, involving students in discussion and making even the dullest material fascinating. A bad TF can mean extra work, a section that is a waste of time or sometimes even a bad grade...
...Republicans insisted on last year. His ideas go well beyond making the numbers balance. Until now the U.S. government's relationship with the troubled District of Columbia had been a squabble over how large the federal subsidy should be. Last month Raines unveiled a bailout plan that would totally transform the contract between the two, opening a debate that all sides agree was long overdue...
...instance, Ozment was describing the medieval belief in succubi, demons who would seduce men and then transform into swine. Ozment jokingly pointed out what a "downer" it would be to suddenly hear "Oink, oink," in the middle of a passionate embrace...
...When Eugene Meyer retired, he passed control of the paper to Kay's husband Philip Graham, who ran it until his suicide in 1963. Only then did Kay Graham, at age 46, come out of the shadow of the men in her life and gradually transform herself into a near legendary figure: the "iron lady" who built the Post into one of the nation's great papers, stood up to the Nixon Administration during Watergate and hobnobbed with the rich and powerful while running one of the nation's premier media companies (owner of newspapers and TV stations, as well...