Word: adjusting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...department's efforts to adjust its curriculum to changing views of art history may not end next fall when Zerner and Winter begin to teach their new course...
...scenic design, by John Arnone, is appealing once your eyes adjust to the glare. The stage is framed by a painted screen decorated with cheesy '50s icons (tail fins, an "I Like Ike" button) and the omnipresent numerals 1-9-5-7. (That's the year, get it?) Howell Binkley's lighting comes in the same day glo hues, and succeeds most notably when the choreography is silhouetted against bright orange and yellow backlight. The costuming is outrageously gaudy; after the fifth combination of pink and black leather you begin to long for some nice pastels...
...fans have to adjust to the new ways as well. When the team gave away free beer one night, Penguin supporters pitched empties onto the ice in disgust at some unsportsmanlike play on the part of the opposition. Warshaw has devised a solution: next time the beer will come in "collectors' cans" emblazoned with the Penguin logo. "They won't throw those away," he predicts...
...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...
Ezra usually arrives at the tournament a week early to adjust to the climate, but this year the tournament was about a month earlier than normal...