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Word: adaptive (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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That puts the onus on Long and Clemente to adapt their games to the strengths of the freshman class around them...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Era Dawns for M. Hoops | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

...more of the planet with our cities, farms and waste, we have jeopardized other top predators that need space as well. Tigers and panthers are being squeezed out and may not last the coming century. We, at least, have the flexibility--the omnivorous stomach and creative brain--to adapt. We can do it by moving down the food chain: eating foods that use less water and land, and that pollute far less, than cows and pigs do. In the long run, we can lose our memory of eating animals, and we will discover the intrinsic satisfactions of a diverse plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Still Eat Meat? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...this bold attempt to adapt complex issues of death and mourning from the written page to the stage, the talents of director Ryan McGee and the cast of The Mourning After triumph over the difficulties and confusion created by such an ambitious undertaking. At times, the viewer who is unfamiliar with the works of Phelan and Kushner may feel lost, but the skill McGee employs in producing such a complex work, the talent of the actors and the universal themes of mourning effected through the bold monologues make seeing this play very worth while...

Author: By Leslie N. Munoz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bringing Up the Dead | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...overspending them, and that's a problem," Peters said. "They either have to go back to the funding agency and ask for more, or the deptartment has to make up the difference, or ultimately FAS would have to make that up. This is a problem we had hoped ADAPT would cure...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman and Michael L. Shenkman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Glitches Beset Project ADAPT | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

...ADAPT is more complicated than the old system--for instance, routine ledger codes that were once a memorizable 14 digites are now 33. But Peters said that the systems team hopes some problems will be solved as user training and familiarity continue to improve...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman and Michael L. Shenkman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Glitches Beset Project ADAPT | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

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