Word: adjustment
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...always a work in progress, and we try to adjust in response to feedback from the students,” he said...
Auto executives, though braced for hard times, were clearly stunned by the latest data. "If you adjust for population growth, this is probably the worst industry-sales month in the post-World War II era," says Mark LaNeve, vice president of sales for General Motors, the nation's largest carmaker, which reported a 45% drop in sales. "In my 27 years, I never saw a month like this. It was like somebody turned out the lights." Mike DiGiovanni, GM executive director of market analysis, says that in absolute numbers, sales of 851,000 units in October were the lowest since...
...fill. Aside from the questions surrounding who will start in goal, Harvard is looking to bolster its offensive lines after graduating six forwards last season.The Crimson’s roster includes players who have substantial experience at the national junior level, but the first task will be to adjust to the pace of college hockey and the length of the season.Though some of Harvard’s top goal-scorers have graduated, the team is optimistic that skaters like Alex Killorn, Rence Coassin, Eric Kroshus, Colin Moore, and Daniel Moriarty, will find the back...
...discourage innovation. She is willing to take risks and change course when certain strategies seem to leave Harvard stagnant. While the Crimson dominated nearly all of its competition last season, during those seven minutes against Wisconsin, Harvard seemed overwhelmed by the Badgers’ speed and was unable to adjust to the pace of the game until it was too late...
...When I would go on the ice, every time, I would be playing for the people who were my teammates rather than just playing for my own purposes.”It was tri-captain Sarah Vaillancourt, a French-speaking native of Quebec, who really helped Ryabkina adjust to both the Crimson game and the Harvard way of life. “[Vaillancourt] played a huge role not just on the ice, hockey-wise, but in my everyday life too…She understands me in the way that I’m not a regular U.S. person who knows...