Word: adaptive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first nine months of operation the Harvard center has earned a strong reputation in the education community. It is seen as a leading proponent of the philosophy that schools should determine their educational goals first and then find technology that best meets their needs, rather than trying to adapt curriculum to the technology available...
...yesterday declined to comment extensively on what he hopes to achieve as treasurer, but said, "One of the things I admire most about Harvard is its ability to continue its commitment to excellence regardless of what is impacting it from the outside, and its ability to continue to adapt to changes...
...traveling to the frontiers of the Christian faith, John Paul wanted to dramatize his conviction that the future of Roman Catholicism lies in the developing world. About one-third of Papua New Guinea's 3.4 million people are Catholics, but cherch leaders have had to struggle to adapt their faith to a culture in which cannibalism is still a living memory. A tongue-in-cheek column in a local news paper assured the Pope: "Don't be scared...
Herrnstein speculates that perhaps nature's way is the only way. Perhaps we will understand a bird's sense of recognition, but we will have to adapt the new discovery to an application that man can create. For example, Herrnstein explains Icarus was unsuccessful in imitating exactly how a bird flies so when man learned how birds fly, he eventually adapted the discovery to a machine he could create which looked somewhat like a bird, but by no means had wings that flapped...
Martin's address, sponsored by the Institute of Politics, attempted to provide a solution to "The Problem That Baffled Jefferson", how to adapt European etiquette to a democratic society...