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Word: adjustment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think strength and conditioning is veryimportant for college basketball," Lewis says. "Iknow a lot of guys come in as freshman not fullydeveloped physically and they are playing againstguys that can be four or five years older thanthem, so they need a good strength andconditioning program to help them adjust to thecollege level...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Athletes Ignore Warnings On Creatine | 10/28/1998 | See Source »

...home schooling becomes mainstream, other institutions are finding it hard to adjust. For example, the National Collegiate Athletic Association judges scholarship eligibility by grade-point average and has run into problems evaluating grades awarded by parents. The military deems home-school degrees inferior to those from accredited high schools, which has opened it to charges of discrimination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home (School) Improvement | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...fairness, Linden has had to adjust to newprimary receivers this year; Wilske and Pattersonhave not yet reached the caliber of last year'score. Earlier in the year, he faced constantpressure from opposing defensive lines as it tooktime for the offensive line to adjust to lifewithout now-Minnesota Viking left tackle Matt Birk...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, | Title: Wil' Call | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...want to make excuses, but that field was big advantage. It was unforgiving," said Cornell Coach Michelle Frates. "We couldn't adjust and they were able to capitalize...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: F. Hockey Crushes Cornell | 10/13/1998 | See Source »

Matt Damon is already being typecast--as a genius, no less. In Rounders, he just sits there, like a poker game that has its ending broadcast in the first hand. Rounders offers convincing evidence that the actors involved should carefully adjust the directions of their careers. John Dahl should return to the genre which made him famous--the sexually charged neo-noir thriller that he basically reinvented. Matt Damon should go for range and dive into a weird character--maybe even a villain. (Sacre bleu!) Gretchen Mol should have a heart-to-heart with Meryl Streep. John Malkovich should just...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

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