Word: adapts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Brotherhood would spawn the crisis for the Negro politician. As the races slowly mixed, the politicians' positions would disintegrate. There would be less need for black leaders as such; the roles would largely disappear, or at least, evolve. Could the Negro politician adapt to the change, and expand his base of power...
...seems that Harvard has the individual talent to have an excellent season, but against the powerful Eagles there was a problem of organization and teamwork. This failing can probably be attributed to the fact that the Crimson is trying to adapt to Harrison's 3-2 offense. B.C.'s passing and team coordination, on the other hand, was superb, and their fast break devastating...
Close associates of the late Robert F. Kennedy '48 will staff the Memorial initially. It is designed to be a "living memorial" to Kennedy and will adapt to new situations and function effectively over a long period of time...
...fear, of hatred of the unexpected. Wallace's followers are scared of hippies, scared of long hair, scared of blacks, in part simply because they're different. Kesey and the Pranksters could have made a small difference. A prank properly performed could have given people a chance to adapt to the unexpected, to play along with it if they wanted to, to groove...
Trimmed Ritual. Baker insists that "there is no conscious effort to adapt Zen to America." He concedes, however, that the traditional Buddhist rituals have been trimmed to fit the American attention span. "The Japanese like huge ceremonies that go on for a week," says Baker. "Now the roshi will take a two-or three-day ceremony and cut it down to two hours. Recently I told him that if he doesn't cut it down to half an hour, I won't come." There is also no rule in the community that members must shave their heads, although...