Word: adjustment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Karnow has anchored his discussion on the theory that Mao is a revolutionary who could not adjust to the transition from warfare to stable government. Frustrated by self-seeking Party-bureaucrats, Mao instigated the Cultural Revolution to bring a new era in which citizens would focus their efforts on strengthening the state and not on personal advancement...
Speaking to a group of 40 in the Leverett House Dining Hall, members of the Fortune Society called for the restructuring of the prison system and for counseling programs aimed at helping ex-cons adjust to everyday life...
...started the play. That way, I tell them, you'll get a pass again." Unlike most coaches, Wooden rarely scouts a rival team. "If we play our game as well as we can," he says, "we can beat an opponent no matter what he does. We let them adjust to us, rather than we to them...
...really pleased with the way we played," Cleary said. "It's a tough place to play it takes time to adjust to the higher ice area. Historically Harvard has never played well down there but Saturday's game way one of the finest I've seen; we did a lot of things right...
Federal judges, a notably independent lot, will still have the authority to adjust the rules to the particulars of each case. And appeals courts do not often reverse a trial judge's decisions about evidence. Even so, the rules should move the federal courts toward greater uniformity, and should influence state courts as well. The Supreme Court announced that the code would become effective July 1 unless Congress votes it down, which is unlikely...