Frederick A. O. Schwarz Jr., chairman of the Charter Revision Commission, which made momentous changes in the structure of city government in 1989, said that Mr. Trager argued to preserve the voices of the borough presidents, an issue hotly debated by commission members.
Across the world, girls and boys, men and women are raising their voices together, from Haiti to the Philippines to Kenya to Nepal to Cambodia to Afghanistan to Pakistan to Ghana to Mexico to Colombia and more, creating a cascading "wave" of sound and readers across time zones, turning this 24 hours into a grand celebration of the power of the read aloud to make momentous change.
The screenwriters Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf adapted "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 novel, and they made two momentous changes.
In 1984, when negotiations stalled, China made a momentous change: if the Dalai Lama could not be enticed back to China, then Beijing would buy stability in Tibet through economic development.
Don't expect momentous changes.
The advances in medical care and health technology over the years have led to momentous changes in adolescent health worldwide.
Among the most momentous changes to be made during Goheen's tenure was Princeton's transition to coeducation.
Reddy however refused to promulgate the ordinances arguing that such momentous changes could not be made by a caretaker government.
Very small moments can lead to momentous changes, we are told (again and again and again).
And so, with the help of crazy cadenzas and exotic old instruments, Lucia has survived momentous changes in operatic fashion, ones that might otherwise have made the entire drama seem ridiculous.
