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...first of these areas was information technology (IT), a pet project for his entire term which has had its most concrete effects in Project ADAPT--a grinding initiative to centralize all University accounting. He spoke briefly about the possibilities for IT's extension into educational tools: "It takes a lot of thought...
These include ADAPT and the unprecedentedUniversity-wide campaign, which for the first timecentralized the demands of all the schools andcreated one fundraising apparatus to coordinateall of them...
...would seem that versatility is a trait McLaughlin has mastered. But the greatest testament to his ability to adapt to new situations is the post-Commencement job that McLaughlin has lined up for himself...
Still, the play stands as another testament to McLaughlin's uncanny ability to adapt to new situations--in less than a quarter of an hour, Tommy Mac had elevated his play from the college level to that required of him in the professional ranks...
Virtually alone in the scientific community, Folkman decided it would be easier to try to kill a tumor by destroying its blood supply than by attacking it directly. His reasoning was sound. Tumors are made up of rapidly dividing mutant cells that adapt quickly to almost any treatment thrown at them. Blood vessels, by contrast, are made up of normal cells that grow much more slowly and are nowhere near as difficult to outwit. Hoping to starve tumors through their supply line of nutrients, Folkman set out to find a drug that could block the construction of new blood vessels...