Elasticity is that which restores something to its original state after it has been distorted.
That process, Mr. McLaughlin said, would be the first step to restoring something close to the bay's original ecosystem.
"The Last of the Unjust" is itself a sort of rededication, an attempt by Lanzmann to restore something central to the Jewish world of Europe.
But the people briefed on the talks said the Egyptians were considering restoring something like a previous arrangement, under which the Palestinian Authority and the European Union would operate the border crossing to provide Israel and Egypt some measure of security.
"You are restoring something that was not a John Constable?" "Sure".
"They thought that they needed to spend a lot of money ripping out Philip Johnson's fountain and putting in something new instead of restoring something that worked well".
"We were wondering whether we should get involved with restoring something when we could just start fresh," Mr. Rohlfing said.
I thought this was going to be a rather sad story, but as I neared the end I felt as if I were slowly restoring something precious the narrator had made a mess of, which was an unexpected pleasure.
By restoring something of the site's authenticity, for me even its sacredness, the Sphere does violate the "artistic integrity" of the memorial.
But the historical performance movement has, more quietly, restored something else to music making: the variation in local interpretive styles that among modern-instrument orchestras, has been a casualty of the jet age.
