Word: adaptive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...looking faces in the patterns of tree bark and in the threatening shadows of matted grass." But during his isolation he discovered that "solitude in a primitive environment awakens lost skills and sensibilities; it is why so many people come to Alaska. Despite my fear, I gradually begin to adapt to the surroundings," he reports. "I spend part of the day splitting firewood; it is satisfying work. I keep thinking about that beautiful lake a mile away that my guide has told me about, where I can watch the animals watering and hear the cry of the loon. Finally...
...greatest golfer in the world." And none of Jones' monsters are going to get in his way. "You have to accept things as they are," Jacklin said after last week's victory. "The golf course isn't going to be changed for me, so I adapt...
Italy's giant manufacturer of little cars, Fiat, has always demonstrated an ability to adapt to prevailing political and economic philosophies. Fiat's progressive president, Gianni Agnelli, supported Italy's "opening to the left," which brought Socialists into government, and he maintains an open dialogue with trade unions, including those dominated by Communists. Last week he visited Russia for a first look at the $800 million auto plant that his company is building for the Soviets. Yet back home in Turin, Fiat faces a labor crisis, fired in no small part by the activities of several hundred...
...does one hold the nation together? We must support leaders prepared to bring about constructive change. We must examine every one of our institutions to see where reform or structural redesign will help them adapt to contemporary needs. We must isolate the small segment of our population who are practitioners of violence and coercion. We must reject leaders who exploit our fear and hatred...
Lezek Kolanowski, the eminent Polish Marxist philosopher, reminds us that "language cannot be compared with a transparent glass through which one can contemplate the 'objective' wealth of reality. It is a set of tools we use to adapt ourselves to reality and to adapt it to our needs." This is why Popa's work touches on that close edge of experience or why it lies just beneath the surface of all things: the intention is to prevent confusion by celebrating an alliance with the words themselves. These poets, then, are proletarians, and their knowledge of alienation far exceeds...