Word: adaptive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Their zone will force us to adapt. We need to be careful when we pass, and pass often, as the zone clogs the middle," Kleinfelder said...
Harvard Coach Carole Kleinfelder is concerned about Harvard's ability to adapt to Cornell's zone defense, an anomaly in lacrosse...
...world-class levels. But both the elite giants and less prestigious schools will place a stronger emphasis on the quality of classroom teaching. Professors accustomed to thinking of research as their real work will be under pressure to spend time with first- and second-year undergraduates as institutions adapt to an increasingly diverse academic population -- not just more women and minorities, but older students and part-timers with special needs. Even today, only 20% of the nation's undergraduates are young people between 18 and 22 who are pursuing a parent-financed education. Two-fifths of all students today...
...hard to believe that less than two months ago, five Democratic contenders were conducting a civics-book campaign in New Hampshire, rising to the occasion as the voters earnestly debated the fine print in their policy proposals. But then cynicism kicked in as the candidates were forced to adapt to the destructive realities of too many primaries demanding too much money for too many negative ads. Desperate to know the candidates, all that the voters in the 15 March primary states heard was the irritating static of petty politicians sniping at each other with exaggerated charges and counterclaims...
...mainstream churches have tried in various ways to adapt themselves to a secular age. The Roman Catholic Church made its liturgy accessible in the vernacular and turned increasingly from saving souls to saving society. The major Protestant denominations also increasingly emphasized social activism and tried to dilute dogma to accommodate 20th century rationality and diversity. Churches not only permitted the ordination of women -- long overdue -- but are seriously debating the ordination of homosexuals and the sanctioning of homosexual marriages. Fin de siecle...