Word: adjusting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...everybody, without making it impossible for women to report sports or humiliating those who choose to do so. Women in locker rooms should not be the issue in 1990. Rather, the finger ought to be pointed at the infantile and repugnant behavior of some ballplayers and their inability to adjust to changing times, when gender equality should be assumed...
...American male has evolved, however, and the magazines that cater to his fantasy life have struggled to adjust to his expanded interest in health, psychology, relationships and children. They may not have moved quickly enough. Circulation has dropped at the longtime leaders: since the early 1970s, Playboy's has plummeted from almost 7 million to half that, and Penthouse's has shrunk from 3 million to 1.7 million. That falloff is mirrored among women's magazines...
...goalie was wearing `moon boots,'" Harvard Coach Caples said. "When you kick the ball, the clears are really big. When you're on turf, the goalie can start an offensive drive. It took us a little time to adjust to that but we eventually...
...added that if elected, he will postpone the plan's implementation until July 1991 to allow sufficient time for the state to adjust to such a major change...
...insecurity rather than pride, doubts instead of confidence. Many youngsters feel guilty about broken marriages, torn between parents and households, and worried about family finances. Remarriage can intensify the strains. Children may feel abandoned and excluded as they plunge into rivalries with stepparents and stepsiblings or are forced to adjust to new homes and new schools. Children from troubled homes used to be able to find a psychological anchor in societal institutions. But no longer. The churches, schools and neighborhoods that provided emotional stability by transmitting shared traditions and values have collapsed along with the family...