Word: transform
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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With Aoun out of the picture, most of Lebanon north of the Chouf Mountains is expected to enjoy relative peace. Several of the dozen or so militias that sprang up during the country's 15 years of civil war have promised to disband their forces and transform themselves into political parties. The pro-Iranian Hizballah, a Shi'ite extremist group that is thought to hold most of the Western hostages in Lebanon, feels threatened by the recent Syrian deployment in its stronghold, Beirut's southern suburbs. But given the importance Damascus attaches to its relations with Iran, especially...
Students and teachers must transform sections in a way that encourages discussion, exchange and cooperation rather than aggressive exclusion...
...indisputably postive things he accomplished there. We do not approve of the some of the bareknuckles tactics which Silber used to accomplish his goals, nor are we enthusiastic about the restrictions he placed on student life at the university. But his methods and personality notwithstanding, Silber did transform a faltering "safety school" into a thriving world-class university. If our colleagues on the staff can't appreciate this recovery, they need only talk to the upbeat students at B.U. or browse through one of its newly constructed buildings. More than being an "able administrator at B.U.," Silber deserves considerable credit...
...They will transform medicine in ways we can't even predict. I'm sure that a hundred years from now, people will look back on this era and shake their heads in disbelief in the same way that we look back on arsenic treatments for syphilis in the previous century. But that's in the long run. It's sort of a paradox. Here we have a field of research that I believe will totally change the face of medicine. The timetable is going to be slow enough that to the average person it won't seem like a revolution...
...first glance, the book seems unlikely to send anyone to the educational barricades. It is a laborious statistical analysis of the crisis in public education. But in their final two chapters, Chubb and Moe suddenly transform themselves into radical deconstructionists. They theorize that "excessive bureaucratization and centralization are no historical accident . . . They are inevitable consequences of America's institutions of democratic control." The more political pressure is exerted to improve the schools, they argue, the more bureaucracy is created to monitor the new reform nostrums. In their view, only a choice system that frees the schools from political pressures entirely...