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...Indian National Championships three weeks ago, the hotter, more humid weather was an additional factor to which Ezra needed to adjust. The heat meant the ball bounced more quickly and the humidity meant the tournament was more taxing physically...

Author: By Etan J. Cohen, | Title: Adrian Ezra Squashes His Competition | 12/16/1993 | See Source »

...charmer than a strongarm, Colm arrived in New York as a teenager. His father came originally to escape "the troubles." Colm, his mother and three siblings followed on visitor's visas and stayed on. "There was nothing there for us," he explains. Even so, it took him years to adjust to American cultural attitudes. "In Ireland everybody was afraid of the teacher, but here the kid would tell the teacher to F off. In Ireland you could get killed for that. First the teacher would kill you; then your dad would kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shadow of the Law | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...Whitney when I was living in Maine, and it was a little tough [for her] to adjust to city life," Brewster says." That's why I brought her to the office...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Is Harvard Going to the Dogs? | 11/20/1993 | See Source »

...treaty will eliminate almost all tariffs over a 15-year period, with industries facing the stiffest import competition given the longest time to adjust...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: NAFTA: The Pros, the Cons and the Compromises | 11/19/1993 | See Source »

...didn't adjust to it as well as they did...they were more used to it," she added...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Brown Slides Past W. Soccer | 11/9/1993 | See Source »

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