Word: adapt
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...swappers claim to spend more or the same on music now than before they started trading files. That may be disputable, but one thing's certain - lawsuits and subscription sites haven't worked. The relationship between consumers and music has changed, and the record industry must find ways to adapt. EUROPEAN BUSINESS Merging Just Got a Little Easier Breaking up might still be hard to do, but two landmark cases by E.U. courts just made getting together in cross-border mergers easier. First the European Court of Justice radically restricted "golden shares," which permit governments to control privatized companies...
...these feats thanks to neural network technology, layers of computer circuits that work in ways analogous to the human brain. If its intelligent space architecture proves a success, Ada may help pave the way for the acceptance and development of commercially constructed "smart" rooms and buildings that can dynamically adapt themselves to the needs of their inhabitants. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Fashion That Makes You Feel Good It used to be an apple a day was the best trick to avoid the doctor, but soon just putting your clothes on in the morning could help. Palmers Lingerie of Austria offers tights that...
...famed director of Malcolm X decided he didn’t want to let the aspiring screenwriter go—and he offered Kessler the chance to adapt the play for the screen...
...earned $19 million in the last quarter of 2001, its first in the black since the bankruptcy. "There's an instantaneous awareness of Marvel properties among a lot of people, and that translates into dollars and cents," says Amir Malin, CEO of Artisan Entertainment, which has a deal to adapt 15 Marvel franchises. "The audience attracted is very significant, and I expect Spider-Man to open huge." So do a lot of other execs, apparently; five Marvel movies will open in the next 18 months alone...
...later?after a spell in a monastery?because he had no hair. (Today, it's shoulder length.) In 1994, a power outage cut short a show and fans rioted. Zaw Win Htut was blamed and forbidden to play publicly for six months. His fellow rockers get similar treatment. They adapt, or stop performing. In the mid-'90s, musician Lay Phyu somehow slipped past the censors an album titled Power 54?a subtly subversive reference to Suu Kyi, who lives at 54 University Avenue. The number was dropped from the title after authorities caught on and ordered a recall. Another band...