Dr. Dutkowsky's appointment with Christian, his young patient at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia hospital in New York, was as emblematic as any other on his calendar: cerebral palsy at birth, canted legs that could not be corrected by braces, muscle tissue softened by Botox injections, and each foot placed in a cast for several weeks to try to reshape it for stable walking.
A chance to reshape Britain for the better will be lost, perhaps for many years.
Microsoft has reached an agreement to acquire the handset and services business of Nokia for about $7.2 billion, an audacious effort to reshape itself for a mobile era that has largely passed it by, Nick Wingfield reports in The New York Times.
This is the central lesson I take from the document, which has repercussions for towns and cities everywhere: it takes boldness and political will to reshape places for the future, and the cost of failure is high.
But May 2010 offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape politics for the better.
The Rehnquist Court has been using law to reshape politics for at least a decade.
Mr. Viniar said Goldman eliminated more than 800 jobs last quarter in an effort to reshape itself for a tougher market.
David Cameron stood on the picket line outside Chase Farm hospital, knowing every government had tried to reshape it for years.
The resulting portfolio is especially striking, Mr. Hack noted, in light of the financial crisis that is likely to reshape fashion for decades to come.
But the neglected 79-page report is a riveting cautionary tale about the challenges utilities face as they try to reshape themselves for the competitive environment that New York and many other states are demanding.
Mr. Romney had faced bigger gaps on handling Medicare in both states earlier this year after his choice of Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate focused attention on their plan to reshape Medicare for people under 55 so that they would be given fixed amounts of money in the future to buy private or public coverage.
