Word: adapt
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Perhaps that's why, this time, I won't be disappointed if gas prices stay uncomfortably high. Then I might finally be able to adapt to them. I might relinquish, at last, my selfish fantasy of buying a 300-h.p. sports sedan that uses only premium. I might break myself of the obsessive road-trip habit that caused me to put over 90,000 miles on a new SUV in just the past two years. I might trade in the SUV for a mountain bike and lower my blood pressure as a wholesome side effect...
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is one of the many Washington politicians trying to adapt to the world of blogs. Last month, she went on the liberal blog Daily Kos to tell readers about her resolution calling for congressional investigations into GOP lawmakers' connections with lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The liberal blogs love politicians like Pelosi who are feisty and aggressive, so the visit to Daily Kos, which gets more than 500,000 visitors a day, seemed likely to win her new fans...
THIS IS NOT A QUIET SCHOOL. The hallways are filled with the sounds of kids talking and playing. The walls are festooned with banners, photographs and artwork. Parents always ask whether it's too much stimulation, says director Monica Osgood, but the school wants its students to adapt to the "real world." Celebrate the Children (CTC), which costs $47,856 a year--paid by the state--is one of a growing number of DIR schools. It opened its doors in Stanhope, N.J., in January 2004 with just three students. It now has 41, from toddlers to teens, and is still...
...assignment was in January 1970 as an analyst and briefer at the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. That was a classic Cold War post, and he now will be in charge of helping a glamorous but struggling part of the government adapt to a very different world...
...competing for seven or eight innings as opposed to three or four.There is also a lot of turnover in the Minor Leagues, with guys being “called up” and “sent down.” Continually having to meet new guys and adapt to their style of play makes it more difficult to find a comfort level and come together as a team. Similarly, all of the roster shuffling tends to leave some uneasiness, since you are in a sense competing against your own teammates just as much as you are against the other...