Word: adaptive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...work greatly influenced the New Wave directors of the 1950s (including Truffaut and Godard) and onetime Apprentices Luchino Visconti and Satyajit Ray, Renoir considered himself primarily a storyteller, always filming his special kind of tale. "I am interested in what happens to people," he once explained, "when they must adapt to a new world...
...scholars were warmly welcomed wherever they went, but are taking no chances. Just in case they cannot adapt easily to Western ways, they brought along their woks...
...least your American Scene article on the Arkansas doctor from Saigon [Dec. 18] has shown me that somehow, somewhere, somebody from my country has courage, a strong will and a chance to build up a new life here in America, where it is difficult to adapt to culture differences. It was a model, a hope for my people, and I am personally proud for the Thieu Bui family...
Administrators felt that intense involvement in one subject would benefit students and add flexibility to their programs, Robert E. Keeton, associate dean of the Law School, said yesterday. He added, however, that some subjects adapt more easily than others to the concentrated format...
Hector Banegas, chairman of La Causa, said the purpose of the occupation was to make Amherst adapt to the needs of minorities...