The House of Terror might, for instance, become the House of Reconciliation.
That distinguishes it from microRNAs, which control many proteins simultaneously.A hypothetical RNAi drug might, for instance, become the ultimate analgesic by affecting the activity of SCN9A, a gene recently pinpointed as the reason why a Pakistani street performer who put knives through his arms and walked on burning coals could not feel pain.
Greece, for instance, became the General Motors of countries.
The sea goddess Iemanja, for instance, became the Virgin Mary.
Japanese Antiquities and Oriental Antiquities, for instance, became the Asia department.
The Metro-North Commuter Railroad, for instance, becomes the M.T.A. Metro-North Railroad, while the Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority becomes M.T.A.
The Persian surnāy (or surnā), for instance, became the shehnai of northern India and the suona of China.
When the orange light flashes, Campbell, for instance, becomes the narrator, and when the blue light flashes, Rouner picks up her portion of the text.
The exceptional white racist — a neo-Nazi, for instance — becomes the emblem of hate, letting other whites off the hook, liberating them from the obligations of the past even as they benefit from racism and their whiteness.
Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, for instance, becomes the core for "New Snow in Troy," a 1993 work that contemplates the effect of war on the men who go out to fight it and on the women left at home to pick up the pieces.
Last year Loris Gréaud, for instance, became the youngest artist to show a project at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris; Cory Arcangel, a New York computer artist, was included in the 2004 Whitney Biennial; and the Beijing artist Cao Fei's work has been seen in several international biennials.
