Word: adaptive
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...adapt, she will have to understand that today's opponent could be tomorrow's ally. Few in Congress have such a memory for slights and betrayals. She still bristles at the fact that when she first went to Washington, many in the Democratic establishment didn't take her seriously and opposed her march up the leadership. As she told TIME earlier this year, "They couldn't control me, so they tried to take me down." When her former House colleague Martin Frost was running to head the Democratic National Committee after the 2004 elections, she lobbied against him with...
...reps at wide receiver and kick returner, though that could change at any minute.“It depends on when you ask me,” Sherlock says of his position on the field. “I’m all over the place. I easily adapt to situations, so I guess if they need someone to play something random, I’m the guy to do it.”Because he has played on both sides of the ball, Sherlock has a comprehensive understanding of offensive and defensive strategy, easily able to read and prepare...
...Harvard, in particular, was able to effectively shut down the Raider power play, as the penalty kill held Colgate scoreless and even managed to generate some shorthanded chances. “They gave us a couple of different looks [on the power play], but they really never changed to adapt to what we were doing,” Reese said, adding, “It just kind of played into our game plan—we had them scouted, we knew what they were going to do.” FINAL TICKS Senior Ryan Maki, after playing in Friday night?...
...benefits of a healthy lifestyle become apparent as people click through the site and see that a single risk factor can impact their risk of many diseases,” he said. Continuously updated, the site most recently launched a Spanish version after using research from focus groups to adapt the site for Spanish-speaking populations, according to Samplin-Salgado...
...grocery stores cannot be relied upon to vet buyers’ ages. But radical increases in underage drinking in neighboring states which allow widespread sale of wine in food stores have not materialized. And besides, grocery stores already sell cigarettes successfully; it should be a relatively small shift to adapt existing technology and training to wine sales. Massachusetts liquor stores, in any case, do not have a perfect record of restricting alcohol sales to those of legal age themselves. The answer to such concerns is mandating better training of store clerks and more vigilant enforcement, not arbitrarily limiting wine sales...