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Play doctors are a special breed. They must adapt their craft to another's style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Is There a Doctor in the House? | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

Until now, the Saudis have relied almost exclusively on the U.S. for their defense, and in turn have tried to adapt their oil policy to American needs, if not al ways to as great a degree as Washington might wish. Today they regard their friendship with the U.S. as important but no longer crucial. They strongly oppose the Egyptian-Israeli treaty, in part because they believe it will strengthen the radical Arab forces that they themselves fear. And they no longer regard Sadat as indispensable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Clear Difference | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

...main theme was that in a world that is becoming ever more diverse and complex, the U.S. cannot achieve its diplomatic goals simply by asserting its military or economic power. Rather, it must seek ways to adapt to and guide revolutionary changes that are probably unstoppable. Said Vance: "There can be no going back to a time when we thought there could be American solutions to every problem." The U.S., he counseled, "must accept the fact that other societies will manage change and build new institutions in patterns that may be different from our own [an obvious allusion to Iran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Guiding Change | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...Adapt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carter Calls for Senate Ratification Of SALT Treaty | 5/11/1979 | See Source »

...symbol--whether to be mindlessly patriotic or trendgoing punk--is decadent. And this is where the angst either emerges, or turns the knife inward. This is where confused fools lose themselves in their symbols and overdose, and it is where artists use their symbols, change them, flex them, adapt them, to express their angst. It's facing reality: Iggy Pop is a fool, Sid Vicious is dead, Johnny Rotten is dying, and Patti Smith is fucking with the future.*CrimsonLaura J. Levine...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: The Street Symbolist Finds Her Ark | 5/8/1979 | See Source »

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