Word: adjustments
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Throughout the second period, referees called a combined 11 penalties for 42 minutes in the box, forcing players to adjust to 4-on-4 play for most of the period...
...different sort of challenge. In a typical David and Goliath matchup it’s clear what kind of competition David presents. But in this realm, inexperienced fencers do not move in the same ways seasoned veterans do. “It’s always hard to adjust to beginners because you expect them to react in a certain way and then they don’t react,” co-captain Samantha Parker said. “It’s a different sort of game you’re playing then. You?...
Families get instructions on how to adjust their children's "sensory diets" to help them function better at home and in school. Christopher Medema, 7, now puts a weighted blanket on his lap when he's doing seatwork at school. The steady pressure meets some of his need for tactile input and helps him focus. His family has learned to accommodate his craving for motion. "He likes doing math flash cards standing on his head," says his dad, Steven...
...Like a growing number of Harvard students, Barnhill grew up outside this realm of privilege and struggled to adjust to its demands. But he also worries Harvard’s culture of privilege might tempt him to turn his back on those left at home...
...countries will have to help the poor countries in three ways: to get access to the needed low-emission technologies; to bear part of the increased costs of energy in the poor countries at least until those countries can afford it on their own; and to take steps to adjust to the climate change that is already underway and that will still get worse even if we make all of the urgent and needed changes in the energy rules of the game...