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...combat units next fall. Although both systems are linked to an armed forces communications network, in remote locations they cannot reach each other as they are now set up. The Army will not say how much its equipment originally cost, but it now plans to spend $30 million to adapt the system. The Air Force already has been forced to modify its equipment as well...
...Reasons: in years past they have resisted automation, refused to move to new jobs in different cities and demanded fat pay hikes that put European companies at a disadvantage against U.S. and Japanese competitors. While not accepting the responsibility for joblessness, many labor leaders recognize that their unions must adapt to the new realities of international competition. Says Giorgio Benvenuto, head of the Italian Union of Labor: "If the old unions fail to modernize their antiquated policies, they will be out of the mainstream...
...child grows older the psychodynamics of the family continue to affect her, and as a dependent, she has no alternative but to adapt. Consequently she develops a series of defenses which lay the foundation for a masochistic personality. Overly critical parents, for instance, create a child who is anxious to please but also constantly seeking to avoid the accusations and blame meted...
When one victim, John, 30, arrived from Uganda in poor physical condition, weighing less than 80 lbs., the Toronto center arranged medical and psychiatric help. A nutritionist taught him and his family how to adapt to new foods. To rebuild his strength, one volunteer taught him to swim and got him access to a private pool. Cowgill, who urged John to call any time he needed to talk, got him a job as a telephone installer, the trade he practiced back home. "A job is so central to these survivors," she says, "because it gives meaning to their lives...
...Parks worries about letting "technology drive the educational process instead of the other way around." As for the corporate tendency to teach a specific set of facts and practices, Parks says, "Sound practices need to be based on sound theory. Otherwise you're not going to be able to adapt to a world that's constantly changing." Director Erich Bloch of the National Science Foundation notes that very often "companies want universities to train people. This is not their mission...