Word: adaptives
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...took years, but the big networks have learned to adapt The Sopranos' strengths to their own needs and audiences. Lost is, in its adventure-story way, an HBO show in structure, with one complex story played out over years. (In fact, its fans complain, much as Sopranos fans have, that the plot wanders too much and fails to give closure.) And antiheroes? Take your pick: nearly every major Lost character has a criminal or checkered past, from fugitive to druglord to torturer to addict...
...threat in the distant future. Now it is increasingly regarded as a clear, observable fact. This sudden shift means that all of us must start thinking about the many ways global warming will affect us, our loved ones, our property and our economic prospects. We must think-- and then adapt accordingly...
...Leigh. "Today is an ominous one for those who wish to research a book of their own and come up with their own theories," they said in a statement. "It is a carte blanche for those who would rather not bother, but simply take another author's ideas and adapt them." The decision means the Holy Blood authors can't claim massive royalties from Random House (who also published their book) and still have to pay the $6 million legal bill. They can still appeal the appeal and try to convince the House of Lords, Britain's answer...
...from Thursday to Wednesday, in order to allow party grant recipients more time to adequately register their party, according to Li, who is also a Crimson editorial editor. Given the value of a centralized fund, it would be far better for the UC to work with House masters and adapt the fund accordingly than to decentralize it and make each HoCo responsible for enforcing its House’s rules—which is hardly a desirable task for HoCos to take on in any case...
...league rejected their proposal then, but the coaches went back to the bargaining table last year and convinced the league brass to adapt the same format as baseball...