Word: adapting
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...shuttling between two worlds is also reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's Alice, L. Frank Baum's Dorothy in her journey to Oz, and the time-traveling earth children who keep reappearing in C. S. Lewis' seven-volume The Chronicles of Narnia. Like them, Harry is young enough both to adapt to altered realities and to observe them with a minimum of preconceptions. Also, the sorcerer's stone in the first Harry Potter book bears an obvious kinship with the all-powerful ring pursued in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy...
...next six months, the ADAPT team will work on details and address problems with the financial programs...
...Although ADAPT--which will cost $100 million in total--is a year behind schedule and currently double the expected cost, the second phase was implemented on time and at the cost of $62 million which was estimated last spring, according to Oseasohn...
...ADAPT continues to roll along, and though it may not affect students directly, new Executive Director Oseasohn said ADAPT will make it easier for students to go about their daily lives without worrying about administrative details...
...next phases of ADAPT that will focus on human resources, payroll and benefits should conclude by 2001, and Oseasohn said she expects to be involved with the project until...