Word: adaptability
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...often, the press acts prematurely in writing its proverbial “first draft of history.” Seeking to give current events the narrative clarity of a history book, journalists are quick to impose patterns and generalizations to help them tell a story. Often, the media adapt the facts to fit their narrative, rather than the other way around. Take the story of Al Gore’s famous “exaggerations,” first reported in The New York Times and Washington Post. That strange beast, the press, had determined early on in 2000 that...
...market in record time and improve both safety and styling. Budget models are getting a more upscale feel thanks to more tailored designs, added soundproofing and other niceties. The Big Three have also revved up performance by reviving rear-wheel drive and adding smarter transmission systems that can automatically adapt to driving conditions. "At the end of the day, the best car wins, so we've got to have product out there that not only matches the competition but exceeds it," says Gary Cowger, president of GM North America...
Even superheroes have midlife crises. In The Incredibles, due in November from Pixar, over-the-hill Hercules MR. INCREDIBLE (Craig T. Nelson) struggles to adapt to life as a suburban family man and insurance-claims adjuster. The film, which also stars Holly Hunter as Elastigirl, Mr. Incredible's wife, and Samuel L. Jackson as his friend Frozone, follows a powers-packed family at a time when "superheroes are considered cumbersome," says writer-director Brad Bird, who helmed 1999's The Iron Giant. "There are legal problems. They're put into the equivalent of a witness-relocation program." And we thought...
...worst manufacturing purges in recent memory. More than 2 million of the 2.5 million jobs lost over the past two years were in the manufacturing sector, and many are gone forever. But the U.S. economy is going through a major shift, one that is forcing this sector to adapt. It is a transformation similar to what agriculture experienced a generation earlier. The key: fewer people are responsible for the same or greater output...
...unused and unexplored, as if, he imagines, he had spent all his years in jail. "All my life," he says, "I've thought to myself 'Why did this happen to me; why was I born to see this tragedy?'" Khan now wonders if he will be able to adapt to a wider world should peace come. Will he get along with a family he won't recognize? Will he handle the disruption that will come to Uroosa if the nearby road from Srinagar to Muzaffarabad reopens? Will he ever be able to sleep through the night or hear wind rattling...