Word: adaptable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Yesterday Harvard tried to adapt to the Huskies' slow style of play and got burned, Whitley said. "I think we learned a lot from our mistakes and hesitation," the junior goalie said...
...undergraduate, graduating senior, or graduate student seeking summer or part-time employment, your resume will be a presentation that documents your general qualifications, such as your ability to learn quickly, to adapt to new environments, to research, analyze, and solve problems, to work with and lead a team, to follow instructions, to deal with ambiguity, to make decisions, and to communicate effectively...
Robert Dilger's life revolves around the machinery of war. A former fighter pilot who flew combat missions in Viet Nam, he had persuaded the Air Force to adapt a 30-mm Gatling antitank cannon to its A-10 Thunderbolt close air- support aircraft...
...home is either one of unity against the so-called terrorist threat or just "so what...no big deal, they're not here yet, let's go to the Grand Canyon instead". But we fewer-than-usual Americans in Europe have a different perspective. It comes from trying to adapt not only to a European lifestyle, but to their mindset as well...
...Marie Cirillo of the Appalachian CommunityDevelopment organization in Clairfield, Tenn.,said the Harvard students adapt well to theconditions. "Sometimes when you are [upper class]you know how to be down to earth," she said...