Word: adjustment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...says, "you can see the clock is ticking down on them. They just have terrible fundamentals. Gary Nolan, Don Gullett, Mark Fidrych, there's a whole list. Gooden's mechanics look outstanding: I figure him for a long run. Knowing his trade and his own heart, being able to adjust mentally when it comes time to adjust physically, those are always the tests of longevity, and they'll be his challenge someday...
...because of the rising yen, which has gained 25% against the dollar in the past six months. Says Bunroku Yoshino, president of Tokyo's Institute for International Economic Studies: "Fundamentally, Japan can stand a pretty sharp strengthening of the yen. But the suddenness of the rise is difficult to adjust to. If we have more time to adjust, then it might be all right...
...leader's message has been coming across loud and clear. In a May 27 speech in Leningrad, Gorbachev warned party officials: "Those who do not intend to adjust and who, moreover, are an obstacle to the solution of these new tasks simply must get out of the way, get out of the way and not be a hindrance...
...that Urumqi time or Peking time?" asked a visitor to the capital of China's remote Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, as he prepared to adjust his watch. A local official tartly replied, "Urumqi time is Peking time." He was, of course, correct, even though the provincial capital is 2,000 miles west of Peking. Until now, all time in China, which sprawls across four time zones, has been Peking time. But the Middle Kingdom has been undergoing rapid change in every sphere, and time is no exception. As of Feb. 1, Urumqi was allowed to set its clocks according...
...executives must also adjust to being away from their companies and families. Joseph G. Tangney, a participant in the fall 1982 AMP program and currently Vice President and General Claims Manager for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company of Boston, explains that, for most executives, "the first couple of weeks were sort of a withdrawal," from the job and from the process of being involved in the daily decisions of one's company. The last few weeks, he adds, found many executives anxious to get back to their jobs. Only in the middle weeks of the program did most of the executives...