Word: adapt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...vicious killer loose: a destructive force that can sap the minds and souls of the strongest men. That killer is peer pressure. Do not say that you can value both your ideals and the approval of the group. The group will not have you on such terms--you must adapt to theirs...
...work that has managed to adapt setting on the whole demonstrates a remarkable range of talent. Albert Alcalay's paintings represent solid aesthetic achievements, carefully balanced compositions of color and motion...
...unlimited resources and growth will reshape society, and it remains to be seen if we can adapt the political structure to that society...
...status quo for the white minority regimes, including the Portuguese colonies. But the Portuguese revolution of 1974, and more importantly for cold warrior Kissinger, the successful use of Cuban troops and Soviet arms against American and South African intervention in the Angolan civil war, have forced him to adapt his strategy to the changing realities of Southern Africa. It is in this context that Kissinger's current diplomatic initiative in Rhodesia must be understood...
...microscopic in size. They would also have to be capable of extracting life-giving moisture from the planet's arid soil and atmosphere. Soffen believes they might do this by means of some sort of biological pump or natural siphon. "Martian critters have had billions of years to adapt," he explains. Somewhere in the process of evolution they must have had to face-and overcome-the need for water. "So what they developed is something called a water pump," theorizes Soffen. "They found a way to pump water out of the atmosphere." Not long ago, Soffen's speculation...