Word: copes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...patient in the face of contrary views--once asked in exasperation: 'How can you [possibly] govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?' Well, our little planet is now much further along the path toward an infinite number of anthropoid specimens, and we need to learn how to cope with all that...
Many people who have pushed the frontiers of democracy in China feel that Jiang is personally committed to moving China in a more democratic direction. He faces massive problems within China, including issues of how to cope with widespread poverty, the more than 100 million migrants who have come to cities since reform began and inefficient state enterprises which provide security to over 100 million workers and their families...
This kind of news is hard to cope with. First comes shock and a flash of retaliatory rage. Then the mind begins to subdue itself to a state of sullen depression--reflecting that these things happen all the time, and always have. There was the double horror just the week before involving first an older man from Long Island and a 15-year-old from New Jersey he had met through the Internet and sexually abused, and second that same abused 15-year-old who then raped and murdered an 11-year...
...begins snowing, more students will probably take advantage of the increased shuttle-bus service to avoid inclement weather. And with bikes banned in the Yard and a paucity of bike racks in front of buildings like the Barker Center, the shuttle bus is becoming an increasingly attractive option. To cope with increased demands, the University has purchased a new shuttle bus small enough to navigate Cambridge's narrow thorough fares but large enough to accommodate the expected increase in student commuters...
...average zero to four hours of relevant lecture time. Only five of the 126 U.S. medical schools have a separate required course on the care of the dying. Physicians are taught how to cure diseases, heal patients and save lives at almost all costs, but not how to cope with life's inevitable final chapter...