Word: copes
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...cope with the influx of directory assistance requests it receives at the beginning of every year, UIS hired several additional operators this fall...
Spurred by Mitock's death, State Representative Tom Hayden introduced a bill, now pending in the California legislature, that would make it tougher for drivers 75 and older to renew their license. The "Brandi Jo" bill is just one attempt to cope with a mounting public-health concern. Since 1987, fatal crashes involving drivers 70 and older have risen 42%, to some 4,928 in 1997. In 20 years, the number of 70-plus drivers will have ballooned to 30 million, and highway-safety experts warn that the number of people killed in crashes involving elderly motorists is likely...
Everyone has to work through hard questions of identity and self-image; Kennedy had to work through his while trapped inside a brightly lit media fun house with distorted mirrors all around. And so he took advantage of an elaborate system that allowed him to cope: a family that had been through hell in public and knew how to guard its privacy--and to make life as normal as it could be. On his own, he developed a band of fiercely loyal and discreet friends who helped create a secure zone around him, who were always glad...
About half of all families today are marked by multiple marriages and mingled surnames. Parents and children no longer necessarily share a family name. Schools cope by sending mail addressed "To the parents of..." But without Mr. and Mrs., how should children address adults...
Authorities in Israel are getting ready for a particular kind of millennium bug: a major outbreak of the Jerusalem Syndrome. On Monday, clergymen and officials met in the city to discuss how to cope and deal with the thousands of visitors -- perhaps as many as 40,000 -- who will come down with religious delusions when some 4 million Christian pilgrims start converging on the Holy Land for the year 2000 celebrations. The syndrome, in which visitors imagine they are biblical figures and act out their religious visions, is not uncommon in ordinary years. Authorities fear it could become a major...