Word: adaptability
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...Arles in December 1888 following the quarrel that took part of Van Gogh's ear, Gauguin asked if he could have the original Sunflowers. Van Gogh refused, instead painting a replica, the third on display, in which the flowers are less natural and realistic. Apparently, he was trying to adapt his style to appeal to Gauguin. But they remained very different artists, as the exhibition illuminates. They were in the same town, with the same model or scene before them, the same materials at their disposal. Despite traces of similarity, the results are unmistakably Van Gogh or Gauguin...
...even this god of war had to adapt to the 1990s and its politically correct paradigm. Changing times required a change of pace, and Arnold gamely struggled to reinvent his image with films like Last Action Hero. This 1993 effort (read: it’s an effort to watch) was intended as a sort of film within a film; the dreadful result is more a film without a film. Subsequent comedies like Junior, in which he became the first man to give birth, miscarried at the box office. When the news leaked in 1997 that Arnold had undergone surgery...
...panelists said it is now vitally necessary for politicians to adapt to the growing number of black and Latino voters...
...only do local McDonald's marketers have to adapt the chain's offerings to the local palate, they are also often careful to align their product with local heroes and concerns. Sometimes that's a hedge against the Golden Arches becoming the first stop, as it invariably is, for any anti-American mob assembled to protest some aspect of U.S. foreign policy. It's fine for the Golden Arches to be identified with all things American in markets where all things American are celebrated. Elsewhere, however, different tactics may be required...
These determined bands of pals feel certain that they will accomplish some version of their grand design. The plans of others may never be realized or may have to adapt to changing circumstances. Still, says Walsh, "I think it's more than fantasy, and we are likely to see far more retirement options. Maybe they won't buy that plot of land, but they and their friends will check in together to the same Marriott assisted-living community." One way or another, the growing number of such communal visions in the 50-plus generation is bound to change what retirement...