These ripples are part of Singapore's transformation from a micro-managed melting pot into a cosmopolitan city-state.
Meanwhile, Mr Thaci underwent a gradual process of transformation from left-wing guerrilla to mainstream political leader.
Mr Portillo's transformation from right-wing ideologue to touchy-feely liberal clearly baffled some of his audience.
Today's church reflects Lebanon's rapid transformation from a rural town to a Nashville suburb.
An incredible transformation from the Windies - was this really the same side that capitulated to England?
But the real story is about Ron Artest and his magical transformation from punchline to champion.
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"And we wanted to show the transformation from negativity to positivity, why we have a constitution, " he adds.
The transformation from technology is also affecting another area of commercial real estate outside office buildings: shopping malls.
Istanbul has been in the midst of a fantastic transformation from an impoverished population to one of affluence.
But the transformation from odd man out to invincible overlord also is leaving gobsmacked tennis fans searching for answers.
If it ends up retrenching and focusing on driving transformation from within, its odds of long-term success are slim.
Since 1990, the government's policy and strategy have been to actively promote industrial transformation from lower-end to higher-end manufacturing.
Duke's transformation from a geographically constrained Southern utility to trading giant came about during the first rumblings of deregulation.
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Duke's transformation from a geographically constrained Southern utility to a trading giant came about during the first rumblings of deregulation.
She is equipped with a camera so that the researchers witness the transformation from a playful seal to a speeding torpedo.
The victory was particularly sweet for the Scot as a highly partisan crowd cheered his transformation from local boy to national hero.
And it can still move pop culture--witness Jessica Simpson's transformation from Britney Spears wannabe to bona-fide star, via the network's Newlyweds reality show.
There is a certain Nietzschean creative-destructive darkness to this three-act transformation from human to elemental archetype to near-infallible crucible of the collective unconscious.
Congress insiders and close friends say Sonia has made the radical transformation from political wife to political leader thanks in large part to her mother-in-law.
The magic ingredient that's catalyzed its transformation from a good team into a great one has been the metronomic, intensely skillful bowling of Vernon Philander.
's transformation from a staid manufacturer to a high-margin services company.
Some are unconvinced by this transformation from politician to religious campaigner.
Over the past decade, its transformation from a snooty commercial bank into a market-oriented investment bank has fostered a more outward-looking and less separatist culture.
In 2007, Salesforce completed a transformation from traditional management to the radically different practices of management known as Scrum and Agile in just three months.
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Trundle is a player that needs to be loved so his transformation from talismanic regular to Bristol City bit-part was a huge blow to his self-belief.
But the team principal's pleasure at Schumacher's transformation from woodentop to winner after the Nurburgring and Magny-Cours did not disguise the force of the team's earlier frustration.
Still, watching a product like this make the transformation from idea to real world object is about as good a selling point for the technology as we've seen.
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This transformation from a hypothesis-driven to a data-driven mode has revolutionized other disciplines, such as biology, and may now allow us to systematically improve the quality of education.
Further, the looming role of the electronic medical record will also set into motion a transformation from paper to electrons will catalyze the digital health movement and accelerate adoption.
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