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This past spring, staffers across the university expressed concern that what was then called Project ADAPT was not user-friendly--and even more concern at what they thought was a lack of communication between the central administration and the faculty...
...being burned by humans on a large scale. Unfortunately, most people think global warming can be reversed if other sources of energy are used. This is a gross oversimplification. We should use our resources not to find ways to stop this natural phenomenon, but rather to discover ways to adapt to it. There is a great need for more objective education and more research funds to better predict future weather changes. EMMANUEL MAICAS Moncton...
...Although the guitar has long been the emblem of folk music, few of its early practitioners actually exploited the instrument beyond strumming chords in accompaniment. But among the few who did, Doc Watson stands as a monument of inventiveness and virtuosity. Now 77, Watson was the first to adapt the fiddle tunes at the core of the bluegrass idiom to the guitar, taking the instrument out of the background and putting it front and center, often solo, with a sparkling, rigorously precise flatpicking technique that is as fiendishly difficult as it is exciting - all the more remarkable for the fact...
Quarterback was a wide-open position for the Crimson in the preseason. With all but fifth-stringer J.C. Harrington spending time on the injury list, nobody has had the chance to really practice and adapt to running the offense. This was the first significant action both of these players had received...
There are those who say the music industry must adapt to a wired world. They point to the decades long rise in CD prices, even as manufacturing costs came down and to data that shows Napster may actually increase sales of CDs by music-hungry customers, as evidence that the music industry is simply afraid of a new technology...