Word: adjustability
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...1980s or '90s," Barroso says. "Nostalgia is not the most helpful attitude." Europe's current stasis is deceptive, he suggests, as deep transformations following the E.U.'s 2004 enlargement churn beneath the surface. "The change from 15 to 25 countries creates new circumstances, and it takes some time to adjust the mindset of the people. We're not only larger but more diverse. We have to come of age." Last year there was "some turbulence," Barroso concedes, as the referendums gave impetus to an anti-E.U. "populism." This year, he is convinced, pragmatism will prevail. "It's easy...
...coming academic year will serve as a test year after which the program will have to adjust the size of its grants to remain within budget...
...disavow violence and recognize Israel, saying "the Quartet should have demanded an end to occupation and aggression... not demanded that the victim should recognize the occupation and stand handcuffed in the face of the aggression." Still, other Hamas spokesmen have sent more conciliatory signals as the movement struggles to adjust to the implications of an election win that even it had not anticipated...
What elevates any of those scenarios from an ordinary off day to a prolonged slump is the way the athlete interprets the dip. "It has less to do with what is contributing to the decrease in performance and more to do with how you react and adjust to the decline," says Jonathan Katz, a psychologist at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons...
...recent years about a third of all mortgages issued have been adjustable. That's the highest percentage since 1990, when the Mortgage Bankers Association began tracking such numbers. When rates adjust, says Keith Gumbinger, vice president of HSH Associates, a publisher of mortgage-rate information, you could find yourself looking at an interest rate of 7%. Bring down the rate by locking into a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at today's 6.3%. On a $275,000 mortgage, you'll save $128 a month, or $1,526 a year...