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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Dinosaurs became extinct because they could not adjust to a rapid change in the environment." NOBUYUKI IDEI, Sony Corp. president, telling global business leaders at Davos, Switzerland, that they must keep pace with technological change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotlight | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...want to continue punishing students for a situation that is not their fault," he said. "I've had to adjust my grades upward over the years, and the strain on my conscience has become too great...

Author: By Sarah A. Dolgonos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mansfield To Give Two Grades | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

courses. He will then use that figure to adjust the grades in his course to fit the Harvard distribution...

Author: By Sarah A. Dolgonos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mansfield To Give Two Grades | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

McAfee was already Lowell House's senior tutor when Dorothy A. Austin and Diana L. Eck became Lowell's masters. Austin said that McAfee helped them adjust to their new roles...

Author: By Zachary Z Norman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lowell Senior Tutor Leaves for Ministry in Scotland | 2/2/2001 | See Source »

...Controllers should be allowed to adjust safety standards that were set 45 years ago. They could, for example, tighten the distance between jets from the current five miles to, say, 4.5 miles or even less. Controllers say they could make the system much more efficient - and still keep safety first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Fix Flight Delays | 2/1/2001 | See Source »

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