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Second, one wonders whether he could adapt his theories of the Affluent Society sufficiently to mollify the abusive Harvard Society of Masochists. One hopes so: imagine Galbraith, immaculately tailored, swinging his walking stick against the hardwood, cursing at Jack Rohan's Columbian technocrats. "Gallagher," he might say, "you must maximize your scoring output without University...
They told me to see a shrink, but I don't want to change. I like myself the way I am. Just because I can't adapt to Harvard doesn't mean in itself that I should go to the shrink and get adapted. What may be best for me is to adapt myself to something better
...sees even greater possibilities for Italians. For one thing, the Italian government has been helping to promote business with Russia with liberal ten-year credits at 51% to 6% interest, v. the current 8% commercial rate. More important, according to Savoretti, "we Italians have a psychological affinity for adaptability. Our capacity to adapt has served us well in Russia...
...scavenging genius of the American instinct runs deep: use anything, adapt everything goes the rule, whether it is castles from the Rhine or old British ocean liners. A case in point is Mrs. Florence Barry, 57, owner of a Manhattan thrift shop called Encore. No sooner did she read in the newspaper that the Paris police force was about to discard its famed capes for raglan-sleeved overcoats than she decided that police capes were just the thing for her customers...
Kosher Cola. Technology has also helped Orthodoxy adapt Halaka to modern life. Although shaving with a razor is forbidden by a Biblical injunction against cutting the skin, "shearing" is not; on that logic, Orthodox rabbis approved the use of electric shavers-and off went many beards. There have been ingenious efforts to make the dietary laws more acceptable. The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America has worked with major food companies to place rabbinical stamps of approval on thousands of food goods, from cola to canned beans. Many supermarkets carry such modern kosher delicacies as a "bacon" made from...