Word: adapt
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...what's the solution? Transparency and a willingness to listen and adapt can help. While November's unrest and arson attacks affected many suburbs around Paris, the town of Issy-les-Moulineaux to the south of the French capital was largely spared. There, Mayor Andr? Santini has bet heavily on technology infrastructure in a successful bid to attract international firms such as Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems. He's also used technology to interact more openly with Issy's 63,000 residents. Issy was the first French town to start an Internet-based local TV service, and last December...
...order for long-term success and viability, we need to come to a satisfactory conclusion quickly.” Glazer also emphasized the need for the council to continue to change. “We are a government, not a student group, and we should adapt when necessary,” said Glazer. Glazer then waxed reflective on the job that has eaten up his Sunday evenings for the last three-and-a-half years. “This job is really a privilege,” said Glazer. “My job...all of your jobs. Every...
...Crimson must also adapt to the Wildcats’ rink in Durham, N.H., where UNH plays on an uncharacteristically wide ice surface. Although all of the returning Harvard players have played on the rink during the regular season and at the Frozen Four last season, the Wildcats are much more accustomed to their home ice. To top it off, Harvard must make the three-hour trip to Durham just three days before the start of exam period in Cambridge...
...Gong Li (“The Emperor and the Assassin”), talented big-name producers like Steven Spielberg and Gary Barber, and the plot line of the bestselling novel by Arthur S. Golden ’78. The resulting expectations are completely satisfied by the screen adaptation. The film opens in a small fishing village of Japan, in which young Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo) is sold to a geisha house in the city. There she begins her training in the arts of being a geisha—grace, dancing, smalltalk, pouring tea—while trying to survive the cruel...
...color humor is characteristic of Mel Brooks’ comedic genius, the writer/director of classics as “Spaceballs,” “Blazing Saddles,” and “Robin Hood: Men in Tights.” His newest venture is the film adaptation of his monstrously successful Broadway comedy musical, “The Producers,” itself an adaptation of his directorial debut. Brooks’ Broadway production won the most Tony Awards in history, and the star pairing of Lane and Matthew Broderick shone brightly onstage. A film version with...