But he said Mr. Perez de Cuellar had already helped to alter a "collision course" in the gulf crisis by seeking talks with Mr. Aziz.
We classified directors' behaviour according to the perlocution [ 35] of their questions and statements in board meetings, i.e., in terms of what type of practical response that the speaker (NED) was apparently trying to elicit from the board members who were being addressed (e.g., getting an ED to agree to alter a proposed course of action).
In addition, the analysis provided some hints about how chemotaxis evolved from a simple signaling network that responds slowly to environmental cues primarily by turning on genes to a multiprotein system that can quickly alter a cell's course.
Most airplane systems are built with backup redundancies to prevent a single data malfunction from altering a plane's course, but MCAS is activated by data from just one angle-of-attack sensor, not two.
Beautifully capturing a time when a bully in school can loom as large as a troll in a nightmare and the encouragement of a teacher can alter the course of a life, "Bridge to Terabithia" keeps the fantasy in the background to find magic in the everyday.
Since an intervention is a deliberate effort to alter the course of a situation, it's clear that the choreographer Wally Cardona is eager for some artistic interference.
At times showing anger and at others a methodical determination to make all his points, Mr. McCain pressed his Democratic rival on taxes, spending, the tone of the campaign and his association with the former Weather Underground leader William Ayers, using nearly every argument at his disposal in an effort to alter the course of a contest that has increasingly gone Mr. Obama's way.
Yes, we see how quickly a new idea can alter the course of a dance, but then what?
Before long, the Virago novels would unseat some of my deepest assumptions as a reader, and also alter my course as a writer.
If football is all about yards then every millisecond is about making a decision that can alter the course of a game.
And the impact, I believe, is lasting rather than fleeting, as a mother receiving a bed net to protect her and her children from malaria or a young girl or boy learning new skills to lead a healthier and more active lifestyle can alter the course of a person's life in a positive way.
