Word: adjustment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...next six months, all old rupiahs would be withdrawn from circulation and replaced by new rupiahs at a rate of one new rupiah for each 1,000 old. The move would have limited value, since the lopping off of three zeroes was a mere invitation to shopkeepers to adjust their prices accordingly, for all the government's admonitions against such action. Many merchants simply closed...
Higher in Orbit. The Gemini 7 astronauts chalked up some other, more significant firsts. Once in orbit, they fired thrusters to turn Gemini and adjust its velocity, then flew in formation with their detached, third-stage booster for 16 minutes. By aligning the spacecraft with setting stars on the earth's horizon, they were able to navigate precisely without aid from computers on the ground. They were also able to track the first three minutes of the spectacular flight of a Polaris missile as it was fired from beneath the Atlan tic by the nuclear submarine Benjamin Franklin...
...implications are many, says Dr. Freud. Tourists should relax for a day after a long latitudinal flight. Diplomats and businessmen should arrive at least a day ahead for any big deals. So should soldiers being jet-lifted into combat. The testers are not yet certain whether East-West pilots adjust more quickly after repeated flights, or whether experience teaches them how to compensate, unconsciously for the effects,.of longitude shifts. Still more unanswerable is the question of how well man will adjust to tomorrow's supersonic planes of 2,000 m.p.h...
...evaluating the applicant, please indicate your opinion of his personal and academic and professional qualifications for study abroad, and whether or not you feel the study plan is feasible and timely in terms of his preparation and promise of future growth. Your opinion regarding the applicant's ability to adjust to new and perhaps difficult living situations is especially desired...
...other factors suggest that Penn will improve as the season progresses. Odell switched Penn's offense from a single-wing to the T-formation, and it takes time for a team to adjust to such a change. Furthermore, the Quakers have been relying heavily on sophomores, who will improve as time goes...