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And he gives play as a transformative force over his entire life.— Stuart Brown says play is more than fun
But neither was the transformative, attention-grabbing choice Mr. McCain felt he needed, top campaign advisers said, to help him pivot from his image as the custodian of the status quo to a change agent like his Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama.— Comments from Left Field
He fancies himself "transformative," a man who reshapes and reorders.— QandO
Finally, these technologies are transformative -- that is they have the potential to fundamentally improve our society.— The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
In simpler terms, the work must be "transformative" - so does it add to the culture's appreciation and / or knowledge of a work, or does it merely seek to supersede the original?— TravelPod.com Recent Updates

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