Word: adaptive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...almost continual creative activity of an intellect who towered so far above his society, and yet continually communicated with it and seemed to adapt to it, but who lived in it as a stranger, a condition neither he nor his circle could encompass; who grew ever more deeply estranged, never suspecting it himself until the end of his life, and making light of it until the very end--our imagination cannot accommodate such a phenomenon...
...Design and Sexes sections and part of the World section were created on Vista. Assistant Art Director Anthony J. Libardi and Deputy Layout Chief John F. Geist, who were among the first to train on the machine, are both enthusiastic converts. "It gives you the freedom to revise and adapt quickly," says Libardi. "It can turn the work of hours into as little as 20 minutes." Adds Geist: "It's also great fun to work on." Sums up Leliévre: "All in all, it's an appropriate innovation for the magazine that named the computer Machine...
...BEST WAY TO adapt a play so rooted in its niche of history would be to pare down its length. Full of intrigues, setbacks, and mistaken identities, the tragedy seems almost comical, and certainly cannot sustain either the weight of seriousness or the burden of a three-hour-long performance. As written, the plot goes out of its way to lead all the characters into vengeance's grasp: secondary scenes--like the one which shows the death of the wife of Antonio, a nondescript lord--are tortuous and hinder the rest of the play...
...been working during his eight years in the Senate to shed some of the ideological baggage associated with the ill-fated McGovern campaign. He is included in the somewhat nebulous group known as "neo-liberals," who stress the need for a pragmatic approach by business, labor and Government to adapt the economy to an era of high technology. The theme of the election, he said on a campaign swing through Mississippi after his announcement, is "Who represents the future the best?" Hart has put together reams of position papers (and a book to be published next month) dealing with...
Between 30% and 50% of space voyagers develop SAS, usually in the initial days of a flight. It is not yet possible to determine who is susceptible. Scientists believe the malady is caused by the body's struggle to adapt to the absence of gravity and to disorienting shifts in body positions. As a result the brain receives conflicting information from the eyes and the inner-ear system, which registers pressure changes and affects balance. Says Dr. Philip Johnson, chief of the medical-research branch of the Johnson Space Center in Houston: "In space you receive...