Word: adaptive
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...private an unparalleled chum of every special interest, is in public a protector of the common man against, "pervasive government power." Huntington, discussing political reforms introduced by the progressives, quotes historian Ted Lowi: "The perpetual bane of the reformer's existence is the ease with which the party leaders adapt new structures to the old purposes...
...nuance, unless differing over a factor of a million is quibbling. That the planners for Suslov's funeral, a host of apparatchnik pressmen, and perhaps an entire popuation, could stifle the outreach of history with such an air of unconcern says something about human nature, and our ability to adapt to the needs of whatever sort of politics happen to entrap...
...says, acording to Alan Jones, no one has heard from Kirghiz remaining behind in the Pamirs, or the families who returned home, unable to adapt to their new life...
...Anglo" who lived in Miami during some of the area's fastest changing years (1975-80), I take issue with Mayor Ferré's statement that the "Anglos can't adapt." How could the situation be otherwise? English-speaking Americans have no job future there if they don't speak a foreign language. After five years of feeling like a foreigner in my own country, I moved back to New York-a refugee from South Florida...
Certainly apartheid is morally indefensible; equally certainly, majority rule should eventually occur. But it must not occur immediately. As Prime Minister Botha said recently, "We must adapt or die." Those who call for immediate majority rule--and the concomitant bloodshed of revolution--pave the way for needless death and suffering...