Word: adapt
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...report expressed disappointment that Project ADAPT--a recently implemented series of computer programs intended to organize and collect University information--has not yet been able to give FAS more explicit financial information...
...Digital, now a company of more than 200 employees in seven countries, warns that it's important to remember that even with oldsters aboard, dotcoms cannot, and should not, operate by all the same old rules. Sure, experience counts, but so do flexibility and the willingness and ability to adapt to the new culture. He also warns against any traditional managers who might try to maintain a hierarchy that would only stifle talent. Instead he points to Bill Gates' practice of making himself accessible to anyone in the company via e-mail, which allows good ideas to bubble...
...production in 39 years and perhaps the most risky recent TV effort not involving a millionaire and a bride. As in war, there's been little time to prepare: camera blocking began only last week. On top of that, Frears and a cast of film stars have had to adapt to the medium, with the help of live-TV producers. But Richard Dreyfuss, who plays the American President, says the risk attracted him: "It's like an electrical charge...
STAR was implemented last July 1 as part of an overhaul of the University's information systems--called Project ADAPT--and has often been cited as one of the University's most problematic new systems...
...alcohol matter given the atmosphere in the College. "They're making the best of the situation given the general discouragement of alcohol and the general concern over liability," he said, pointing to recent changes in final clubs' guest policies. He praises the Pudding officers for their ability to adapt the club and says the alcohol change has improved the quality of the Pudding experience. "There's less of an emphasis now on alcohol being involved in every aspect," Hicks says. "It's sifted off the bad elements that gave it a bad reputation. There are no more alcoholic nightmares walking...