Germany wants the rest of the euro zone to become more like it, but is it ready to accept that such a transformation would force Germany to become less like itself and more like the coarse, consumption-hungry Americans?In coverage of Germany's growth figures and elsewhere, one can't help but hear forecasts that call for a short euro-zone recession in 2012.
If he doesn't, one of his successors will -- or accept the transformation of Israel from a Jewish state to a state where Israelis and Palestinians share sovereignty.
Moreover, HT29 wild-type cells easily formed colonies in soft agar, which is an accepted criterion for transformation (Aaronson and Todaro, 1968) and an experimental condition that better represents tumour cells growth and invasiveness in vivo (Lawlor et al, 2002).
I dealt with pressure from peers who couldn't accept my transformation, and the challenge of finding a job and a place to live with no identification or work experience.
But Iraqi Sunnis have refused to accept their transformation from rulers of the country to a minority within a democracy.
Like Kafka's character, Mr. Watson's Gregor Samsa is oddly matter-of-fact about his predicament; he also never completely parts with his humanity even as his parents and eventually Grete, his young sister, accept the transformation with equal parts acceptance and revulsion.
The natural world is manipulated to produce food, and weeds are an inevitable part of food production, but the emphasis on control has obscured the right question, which is a systemic, holistic one that accepts transformation of nature as a necessary prerequisite to food production, but rejects domination of nature.
It is hard to watch and harder to accept the transformation of victims into victimisers.
But Microsoft's competitors, the public and the court cannot accept this transformation on faith.
I wonder if the Irish people, myself included, can accept this transformation.
