Word: adaptable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ease with which Ferrante changed sports follows her personal belief that she can adapt to anything: "It's sort of bad in a way because I could be happy in a dump; things don't upset...
Challenging his fellow Afrikaners to "adapt or die," Botha announced last week that he would seek new laws permitting black workers who do not have permanent resident status in white areas to organize trade unions. He also proposed changes that would permit blacks to eat in white restaurants and qualify them for higher-paying jobs now reserved for whites. Most shocking to traditionalist Afrikaners: suggestions of a possible repeal of the Mixed Marriages Act and the Immorality Act, the laws under which more than 15,000 South Africans have been prosecuted for marrying or having sexual relations across the color...
...Chinese are obviously eager to learn from their new American friends. Host scientists urged the visiting journalists to make critical comments about their efforts. But, as one explained, "We cannot use all your advanced ideas and techniques. We must adapt them to Chinese skills and economic conditions...
...idea is to be flexible," said MacAusland. "We want to play out our own system, yes, but also to be able to adapt to other teams...
...look for miracles. An end to inflation does not lie in the planning prescriptions of the left or the extreme tax cuts favored by the right. It will take years and real sacrifice to alleviate the supply constraints--to build up our capital stock and adapt to the new energy situation...