And in the United States, the attack on Pearl Harbor -- the only incident remotely comparable -- doesn't seem to have inspired anything similar, even though that surprise assault initiated one of the most traumatic and transformative decades in this nation's history.
IN JAPAN, ELECTION VICTORY SIGNALS CHANGE | The governing Liberal Democrats in Japan secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday, offering Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a nationalist who promises to revitalize Japan's deflationary economy, "the chance to be the most transformative leader in a decade," Martin Fackler writes in The New York Times.
By securing control of both houses of Parliament for up to three years, the win offers Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — an outspoken nationalist who promises to revitalize Japan's deflationary economy and strengthen its military — the chance to be the most transformative leader in a decade.
It's possible that "more than half of the most transformative drugs developed in recent decades had their origins in publicly funded research at nonprofit, university-affiliated centers," observed Jerry Avorn of Harvard Medical School in an analysis last year.
One of the most transformative scientific breakthroughs in this decade has been the discovery that transient overexpression of a few transcription factors can reprogram differentiated cells into pluripotent populations, commonly referred to as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
Yes, France has sought to limit the car service Uber, whose business model has arguably been one of the most transformative and important advances of the decade.
It's why mumblecore has been the most transformative artistic force in movies of the past decade-plus.
The most transformative changes have occurred overseas -- like in Vienna, which has been redesigning its parks, streets and housing for decades in response to female residents' concerns.
Promethean Community's HEAL Labs are an example of how performance art is, in the words of Sir Ken Robinson (Creative Schools, 2015) "the most transformative experience... .. Along with Peter Brooks, Sir Ken Robinson has been deeply connected to the power of art in education for decades of his career, specifically theater.
"It's the most transformative piece of technology in our lifetimes".
