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...adapt to the conditions that we were playing in and Maine was more effective at adapting than we were,” sophomore forward Julie Lane added...
...they voted out of fear," but he contends such views reveal "a lack of knowledge of the Spanish people. This is the country that has suffered most from terrorism, with 1,000 killed by the [Basque] terrorist band ETA over the past 30 years. Our people have learned to adapt and understand that we have to combat [terrorism] by being firm but also by respecting democracy...
...Seurat had a longer arc in mind. He wanted to adapt the bright staccato of Impressionist technique to forms that would be as weighty and enduring as the art he saw at the Louvre. Unlike the Impressionists, who preferred to work as rapidly and spontaneously as possible, Seurat returned to the traditional technique of making numerous preliminary sketches and oils in his studio; there are more than 60 for La Grande Jatte. Many of those are in the show, where they make clear how he conceived the island first as an empty stage - early on he produced a view...
...aired on CFI's satellite service last December. The 13-part series follows an African storyteller who wanders around the world - from the icy North Pole to tropical jungles - with his singing pet monkey, Golo. On one level, Kabongo is a parable about an African immigrant who must adapt to the outside world, says Sauvalie; on another level, it's just a rollicking adventure show. It certainly clicked in France. "It's a magnificent series, very ambitious, and very African," says Pierre Block de Friberg, CFI's programming director. After its initial airing, CFI released the show to television stations...
...adapt itself to that environment if it is to remain in a central collective security institution in the 21st century,” he said. “My job as assistant secretary-general for policy coordination is to try to help the U.N. build a more solid planning capacity so that we can get ahead of the curve on all the world’s crises instead of reacting to them...