Word: adaptability
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...society lauded Solbrig for demonstrating "both through field studies and experimental manipulations, how dandelions adapt through genetic modifications to different environmental situations...
...while the current financial collapse may cause panic outside the country, for Russians life goes on as usual. The manufacturing sector, after all, failed from the start: State-owned factories -- churning out goods that people no longer wanted -- were unable to adapt to a market in which consumers had a choice. "Much of the country has lived, literally, without money for years," says TIME Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge. "The meltdown in Moscow is simply bringing it into line with the rest of Russia." By comparison, consider China's transition to capitalism: The Communists never relinquished tight political control...
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Bankrolled by a Seattle multimedia firm, Smoke Signals was shot on a $1.7 million budget after being developed at Robert Redford's Sundance Institute, which sponsors a program for fledgling Native American filmmakers. Though he had been approached by producers eager to adapt his works to the screen, Alexie bided his time until he found an Indian director with respect for the material. Enter Chris Eyre, a 28-year-old Cheyenne-Arapaho director of shorts and documentaries, who read Alexie's book and cold-called him for a meeting. Their film, later acquired by Miramax for close to $3 million...
...During high school, I played back for my clubteam [FC Delco] while I was playing forward on myhigh school team," McLaughlin explained. "I didthat for three or four years before coming toHarvard, so I've been learning to adapt since Istarted playing...