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...there is a truly serious problem," McKeldin stated. The country must realize that the Civil War destroyed the South's social system, and proceed with the necessary caution, he added. Germany could quickly recover from the two World Wars because it only suffered economic destruction, but Southerners have to adapt themselves to a new way of life, McKeldin said...
...picture is not a pleasant one; there are few men willing to argue that a Boston version of NYU is a desirable end. In the face of this trend, the University has three alternatives: ignore the situation, adapt to it, or try to change...
Thus far, their efforts to adapt the city to their scheme of living have been largely ineffective. Indeed, until the Federal Government gave such demands workable form as an Urban Renewal Program, they were almost non-existent...
Kubitschek has no rigid political ideology. He can adapt his viewpoint to an audience or a situation as effortlessly as water conforms to the shape of a pitcher. He has been called, among other things, "leftist" and "conservative." Neither tag really fits, but conservative is probably the less inaccurate of the two. His presidential campaign slogan was unemotional and unglamorous; he promised, not a political reformation or social transformation, but "Power, Transportation and Food...
...their reaction to violent aircraft motions. It also devises ejection seats, life rafts and survival equipment to bring them back alive when their aircraft fails. More advanced work of this sort is done at the School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, where specialized physiologists try to adapt fragile-fleshed man to the hostile conditions of high-altitude, high-speed flight. One of their tools is a low-pressure chamber where men in space-cadet pressure suits try to keep at work, while a near-vacuum sucks at their flesh and tries to boil their blood...