Word: adaptibility
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...broaches some fairly sober issues. A thoughtful chapter on how the deaf can build a rewarding religious life outlines a sign-language worship service. Another section, on blindness, includes a Hebrew alphabet in braille. Other entries grapple with the ethical problems of premarital sex, contraception and abortion, trying to adapt the stern proscriptions of the Torah to more modern attitudes. Jewish divorce laws, for example, are weighted heavily in favor of the husband, making it difficult for the wife to start proceedings. The Catalog suggests ways to balance the inequality. "The important thing isn't whether...
...vicious killer loose: a destructive force that can sap the minds and souls of the strongest men. That killer is peer pressure. Do not say that you can value both your ideals and the approval of the group. The group will not have you on such terms--you must adapt to theirs...
...work that has managed to adapt setting on the whole demonstrates a remarkable range of talent. Albert Alcalay's paintings represent solid aesthetic achievements, carefully balanced compositions of color and motion...
...unlimited resources and growth will reshape society, and it remains to be seen if we can adapt the political structure to that society...
...status quo for the white minority regimes, including the Portuguese colonies. But the Portuguese revolution of 1974, and more importantly for cold warrior Kissinger, the successful use of Cuban troops and Soviet arms against American and South African intervention in the Angolan civil war, have forced him to adapt his strategy to the changing realities of Southern Africa. It is in this context that Kissinger's current diplomatic initiative in Rhodesia must be understood...