Word: adjustability
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...choose. We can work at it, fit it onto our calendars in nice half-hour slots. We get to compartmentalize a relationship, push it aside for exams and essays, e-mail and eating. If a relationship becomes too bothersome or too empty, we have an easy solution: Simply adjust the commitment. Like a patient in a hospital, we just change the dosage to attain a more pleasurable state. And how easy it is to change the commitment. A short e-mail or phone message, or a cup of coffee will do the trick...
Some people say the first year of law school is the most difficult. While it is typically not the most academically demanding year, the first year challenges students to adjust to the "law school system," a system that differs from undergraduate education in a number of ways...
However, Bertone says that although there is not a lot advising at SPH to help students adjust, it is easy to adapt to the setting...
...rakish, high-flying Galliano was a shock to the French system, Alexander McQueen was even worse, especially when his first show was a medley of British bad taste. Arnault is unworried: "His shows were original and surprising, full of ideas. It's not easy for a young designer to adjust to this world...
...best anime deal with human uncertainties that are universal in scope. One prominent theme is concern about the deterioration of the environment. For example, anime great Isao Takahata, recently released the film "Heisei Gassen Tanuki Ponpoko", which revolves around the superficially hilarious attempts of anthropomorphized raccoons to survive and adjust to a world where their natural habitat is being destroyed...