To say my perspective, actions and motivation had changed in sobriety is the understatement of the century.
The tools have changed, the claimed motivations have changed - from cold war to war on terror - but the practice remains the same; governments seeking to discover more and more about their citizens.
Some of the privations of the system that produced those gymnasts have gone – Comaneci wonders wistfully of her young fan at one point: "Do you take long, long hot showers, dine on take-out from Thai restaurants, order clothes off the internet", all questions that Wieber would no doubt answer in the affirmative – and motivations have changed.
Whatever the underlying motivation, Mr. Putin "has changed the dynamic of U.S.-Russian relations," said Michael McFaul of the Carnegie Moscow Center, who discussed Mr. Putin's foreign policy with several Kremlin officials last month.
I try so hard to be upbeat and not let this bother me, but on our last anniversary, I started telling him how I felt about his lack of contribution and motivation, and nothing has changed since then.
"My main motivation was the phone, but this has changed so many other things," Ms. Ruto said on a recent evening as she relaxed on a bench in the mud-walled shack she shares with her husband and six children.
But what has changed are students' motivations for attending -- they are more likely than in the past to enroll as a way to improve job prospects, rather than out of the altruistic love of learning (according to the Higher Education Research Institute's annual Freshman norms survey).
Participants were questioned about their handwashing practices and motivations for handwashing, how their life has changed since having children, their knowledge of health risks and their sources of information about child-care.
This unlikely partnership has changed El-P and Mike, simplified their motivations.
