Word: adaptive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cites the need for "thinking delegates" who carefully deliberate on their choice for President. Like other critics of the present system, Sanford wants to liberate convention delegates from their rigid commitment to a particular candidate. Under the present system, the delegates have virtually no flexibility to adapt to changing political conditions once they are selected, says Sanford. "They are instructed and bound more precisely than when they were bound and driven by the bosses." And the nominees they pick are more likely to be unrepresentative of the party's mainstream, as in the case of George McGovern...
Carter and his advisers sought to play down American-Soviet rivalry in the Third World, and to adapt to revolutionary change rather than fight it. But to Reagan and Haig there is unmistakable evidence-and so far the evidence has not been disputed outside the Communist world-that Salvadoran guerrillas have been receiving arms smuggled in from Communist countries through Cuba and Nicaragua. Thus El Salvador became the test case of U.S. determination and ability to draw the line against Red subversion...
...most remain optimistic that the House of Saud will see the need and adapt in time, even encouraging the development of more broadly based political institutions. If there is anything to mourn, it may be the passing of the old Saudi Arabia. Already there is a detectable sense of regret for a lost way of life that can never be recaptured. "If you go to the tribes now," says a Saudi technocrat, "you will find gentlemen Bedouins, like gentlemen farmers, who hire a caretaker for the sheep while they enjoy the luxuries of their new villa." But then he notes...
...Andover Jacques was a fine swimmer in his own right. That he could come to Harvard, choose to quit swimming competitively and then make such a large time commitment to the team in his new capacity demonstrates his ability to adapt easily," former Andover classmate Andy Gilmour says...
...diversifying for the short term into other banking services, then re-emerging as mortgage lenders in a decade or so. Says Thomas Maley, chairman of Chicago Federal Savings and Loan: "Banks are impersonal, while we have loyalty, a solid customer base. Our survival will depend on our ability to adapt to change."A drop in interest rates would also help a great deal...