Word: adapt
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Down at street level, the view is less confident. "Banking secrecy is an old tradition in Switzerland, but in the end Switzerland will have to adapt itself to the E.U.," says Otto Boesch, a retiree from St. Gallen, checking his stocks on a big board outside the Bahnhofstrasse headquarters of UBS. Concurs Marc Weber, who works nearby in a bank he won?t name: "Switzerland can?t isolate itself. We can?t survive as a fortified island in today?s world. It?s just a question of time...
...assault, she says, from global companies that encourage farmers to grow so-called high-yielding crops that result in a dangerous dependence on bioengineered seeds, chemical fertilizers and toxic pesticides. As a result, hundreds of traditional crops are disappearing. Too many farmers, she contends, purchase expensive seeds that cannot adapt to local conditions and require more investment in chemicals and irrigation. Hundreds of debt-ridden Indian farmers, Shiva points out, have committed suicide during the past five years because of failed harvests...
...consequently the airlines didn't cater to them," says George Hamlin, an aviation consultant based in Washington. "Now women are not only an important part of the customer base, but the women who joined the airlines two decades ago have moved into management positions, where they can adapt airline policies to attract female customers...
After a few weeks in the oven, I’ve learned to adapt. I no longer leave the house without a bottle of water, even if in a well-air conditioned car—they overheat (I learned this the hard way a few miles outside of town). I always keep Chap Stick and moisturizing lotion with me, following a few painful days of split lips and peeling fingers. And by no means will every sunburn turn into a golden tan—it may peel and leave your New England skin as pale as always. The backbones...
Teen pop seems prepared to adapt to the more earnest climate: Aguilera has brought in the sincere rock singer Linda Perry to help write and produce her new album. Branch speculates that post-9/11 seriousness might have given her subgenre a boost but doesn't pretend that she and her Authentic colleagues are revolting against something bigger than stale music: "We aren't too scary. I'm not here cussing every other word and talking about politics." You don't have to be a rebel to join this movement--which means that soon every 105-lb. diva with glitter...