Word: adaptational
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...film, mainly concerned with the trials faced by an onscreen Kaufman (played by Nicolas Cage) after he agrees to adapt Orlean’s book into a screenplay, is no kinder to its script’s author—which Orlean said led her agent to employ an unusual argument as he convinced her to approve the script...
...hopes will prove "he understands the challenges that people face every day," in the words of Bartlett. One of Bush's signature lines in his new stump speech is "This world of ours is changing," and his new proposals are meant to show that his government could help families adapt...
...pink-footed goose nests will be lost, but says that the number represents just 1.5% of such nests in Iceland; the birds are not a threatened species. Arnalds also acknowledges that part of the herd of calving and spring-grazing reindeer may be affected - but the animals could well adapt to the change. Apart from environmental damage, Sigfússon believes Iceland's image is suffering as a result of the Alcoa smelter and the Kárahnjúkar power projects. "We are putting ourselves in a developing-country situation," he says. "All the aluminum will be exported elsewhere...
Kamarck did not elaborate on precisely what steps the government ought to take to adapt, but she said that interagency territoriality currently hampers the fight against terror...
...India may not have much time to adapt. China, Russia and the Ukraine are rapidly emerging as rivals. One Indian executive laments that he just lost out on a contract unexpectedly after offering to do the job at the standard Indian rate of $4,000 per month for each animator; a Russian competitor undercut him, agreeing to do it for just $1,800 per person. India's schools will have to start churning out thousands of qualified animators each year?before a new generation of Russian and Chinese animators figures out the fine art of making cartoon bulls talk...