Word: adaptability
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...Having seen how radio worked, he struck a deal with the Mutual network for a dramatization of "Les Mis?rables" which he would adapt and narrate, as well as play Jean Valjean (to Martin Gabel?s Javert); it would be aired in half-hour segments on seven consecutive Friday nights. This show is a must-hear: a brilliant transmutation of the novel, through sound alone, into powerful and sensitive feeling. (It was also one of Welles? favorite sto-ries; he would repeat it on "Campbell Playhouse," this time as Javert with Wal-ter Huston as Valjean, and in a parody with...
Whichever approach you choose, you will need to adapt it to your child's age. Preschoolers who have barely given up their cribs are nonetheless able to choose from a couple of paint colors or sheet designs (carefully screened by you, of course). They're also old enough to have well-developed play habits and perhaps even a collection or two, which will determine how you arrange and furnish the room. Best of all, they're still easily persuaded that cleanup...
...hang tough on hard drugs like cocaine and heroin, but when it comes to grass, they go with the flow. Despite lingering strict anticannabis laws--smoking a joint in Britain can technically result in five years in jail--the way millions flout those laws is pushing European governments to adapt...
...Sydney Olympics—she will have the freedom to build experience in the major international meets. When she placed fifth at the IAAF Indoor World Championships at Lisbon in March at a peak height of 1.93 meters, she placed some of the blame on her failure to adapt to an unexpected ramp that interfered with her approach. At Edmonton, the IAAF reported that a strong headwind, which picked up as the bar was raised to 1.94 meters, made the competition difficult for inexperienced jumpers...
...Much of a Good Thing: Raising Children of Character in an Indulgent Age, in which he warns parents against spoiling their children either materially or emotionally, against trying to make kids' lives perfect. Using the body's immune system as a metaphor, Kindlon argues, "The body cannot learn to adapt to stress unless it experiences it. Indulged children are often less able to cope with stress because their parents have created an atmosphere where their whims are indulged, where they have always assumed...that they're entitled and that life should be a bed of roses...