Word: adaptability
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...entering the lottery on the fly. Nokia has even shown a text-based detective game. Rather than clicking on a picture as you would in Myst, say, you read a bit of the storyline, then choose what to do next from a list of options. Activision plans to adapt favorites like Asteroids and Space Invaders for cell phones as well as create new games like interactive sweepstakes with cash prizes...
...July: Harvey V. Fineberg 67 takes office as University provost. Fineberg, the former dean of the School of Public Health, quickly becomes Rudenstines closest colleague, helping coordinate major University-wide initiatives like Project ADAPT, a huge technology system...
...digital music with violating copyright law and Fair Use agreements. But even favorable rulings like the one the Record Industry Association of America won in district court against popular music website MP3.com provide only temporary respite. Sooner or later, the Darwinian economics of new technologies force businesses to adapt...
...environmental problems afflicting the earth will not be solved until people in the mainstream adjust their behavior so that they live in harmony with nature. But environmentalists also need to adapt to a new reality and join in a search for workable solutions rather than acting like prophets crying in the wilderness. The best solutions can be found in compromise. In the quest to attain sustainable global development, the middle way must be sought--and sought urgently. RAYMOND M. KEOGH Bray, Ireland...
...discriminate when a pregnant woman is fired. That could strengthen the hand of women like Breloh--who has found a solution. She has set up her own agency with some of her former clients, and it is expanding. In the long run, if companies don't adapt to changing times, they may find that their former female managers have become their toughest competitors...