Word: adaptive
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...year-old buildings will have to be completely demolished and rebuilt from scratch, Serbian health authorities said. "This institution is beyond repair," said Milan Milic, the warden. "We'll have to figure out where to move the patients in the meantime. They'll just have to adapt...
...these arrests deal a major blow to the Mafia. But this hydra-like organization, also known as Cosa Nostra (Our Thing), is so deeply woven into the fabric of Sicilian society that the Italian state is far from claiming final victory. "Cosa Nostra is built on a capacity to adapt to the time and situation, to camouflage itself and raise its head only when necessary," says a senior Palermo-based investigator who worked on the Lo Piccolo case. Lo Piccolo's takedown shuffles the deck in the organization, but hardly eradicates...
...host clubs previously opened from around 1 a.m. to 7 a.m., but Tokyo authorities have begun to enforce a long-ignored 1984 law preventing host clubs from operating in those hours. Clubs have had to adapt by opening open only from dawn to noon, or between 7 p.m. and 1 a.m. - or both - making life more difficult for clients and hosts...
...look at American society lends support to both stories. It is true that Asians are often thought of as ready assimilationists—“honorary whites,” so to speak—who adapt easily to host cultures and values. Asians are an immigrant group that has historically succeeded in completing the steps toward full assimilation: first, acculturation to the majority’s traditions and way of life, followed by socioeconomic advancement and gaining of access to major institutions, and finalized when ethnicity is no longer a salient issue. This claim can be backed...
...reads nebulously at best. Purists may say that film is and can be the only medium appropriate for a proper treatment of the story, but director Marcus Stern of Cambridge’s American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) begs to differ—he’s preparing a theatrical adaptation of the film. How then does one take on the daunting task of retelling such a sacred cow as “Donnie Darko?” SCREEN TO STAGE “Of course it’s open to interpretation,” said Stern...