Word: adapt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite the problems I have been discussing it is obvious that democratic political institutions have exhibited remarkable capacity to adapt to change. Ultimately however institutions depend for their survival and respect on the quality of the men who hold office within them...
...often people have sought to solve social problems merely by the expenditure of money, so often that is only a small part of what is needed. Many problems are related much more to the capacity of people to adapt to a complex society. They are frequently problems of human relationships. A solution that relies on providing funds but does little to encourage the capacity to cope with problems can be a most damaging response to genuine need...
Promising Prospects. Cade and New Jersey officials who have helped sponsor the peregrine program hope that the birds will adapt quickly to life in the refuge. The prospects seem promising. Two falcons released a few miles to the north near Barnegat Inlet last summer disappeared during the winter but returned to the Jersey shore this summer. Equally encouraging, birds bred in captivity have mated this year and begun raising families of their...
...Castro government. It takes a brief look at early colonial history, then concentrates on three struggles: the wars for independence, the struggles against the dictators, and the Revolution. Cabrera shows that the history of cruelty and violence on the island has known no beginning or end. Forced to adapt to a life of continual war in order to survive, Cubans have become indifferent to the potential terrors of their situation. "... his host brought him an aspirin, and finally the young terrorist lay down on his bed in the room where he had been hiding almost six months now. They...
Many educators agree with James R. Gass, head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's educational-research arm: "Educational action to prepare for work and active life should aim less at training young people to practice a given trade or profession than at equipping them to adapt themselves to a variety of jobs." According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the typical American changes his job seven times during his lifetime, and his career three times. Francis Fisher, director of Harvard's career services office, goes further, arguing that "we must break the assumption that...