Word: adjustment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...idea is that while a number of countries went into modernization between '75 and '82, France fell too far behind. We have to do it intensely right now, which is not easy economically or socially. If we want to be in the vanguard of nations, we have to adjust...
...What are the prevailing wage rates? After supplying the relevant data for each alternative building site, the executive simply hits a button and lets the computer come up with a recommendation. Naturally, the last word does not rest with the machine. The user is free at any time to adjust the criteria and watch how those changes affect the proposed outcome. Thoughtware's Trigger ($495), another management assistant, helps an executive track his business's performance. Should sales, costs or inventory, for example, get too far out of line, the program warns the boss and automatically generates a memo...
...Waco, Texas, preparing for the World Veteran Games in Rome later this year. "I'm training like I've never trained before," says Richards, who turned 59 last week. "I want to get off a 13- to 14-ft. vault." After years of using rigid steel poles, Richards must adjust his skills to the new, springy fiberglass type, so he has been taking coaching tips from his son Brandon, 18, the top U.S. high school vaulter. "It's so different you wouldn't believe it," says Dad. "It's like going from straight tumbling to the trampoline...
Having to adjust to Cleary's wide-open style was just another hurdle for Armstrong to overcome with his gritty attitude...
Both Keffer and Dclancy Smith praise Kelly for her role in helping Keffer adjust to her new surroundings. "Anne has been a really great help to me," Keffer says. "She hasn't been mad or jealous or anything...