Word: adjuster
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...clammy passageways that occasionally opened into dark and clammy rooms, until I saw a patch of light up ahead. Careful not to bump my head, I approached it, drawn as a moth to a flame. When I got here, I sat down and waited for my eyes to adjust...
...nothing." How Jacksonville managed to desegregate without widespread violence is accounted for by some by the taste of what the city got on "ax-handle Saturday." Others credit the blacks' patience and restraint, or the fatiguing 15 years of school-board resistance that gave whites time to adjust to the idea. But as one local observer put it, "Maybe Jacksonville just muddled through...
Last week's rioting made it clear that South Africa, as well as neighboring white-ruled Rhodesia, must sooner or later−preferably sooner−adjust to ever growing black demands for justice and equality. In Washington, Kissinger expressed his regrets at the outbreak of violence, and said that he would explicitly spell out American opposition to apartheid at his meetings with the South African leader. "I'm not meeting with Vorster to make concessions or to lend approval of the system of government. I'm meeting to see if South Africa is willing to contribute...
...Coolness. The capacity to recover from a gaffe, react calmly to a reverse, adjust to the unexpected...
...riskier anyway--for lack of privacy, close and habitual contact between the sexes, and easy access to contraceptives. Even if they were curious about what an intimate relationship with a second or third person would be like, the chances of finding out were small, so it was easier to adjust to the good thing they had and forget that there can be more than one good thing...