Word: coping
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Human institutions were poorly equipped to cope with the plague, or with man-made anguish like the Hundred Years' War. It lasted from 1337 well into the 15th century, mainly because knights in armor could lay waste to a countryside, but, lacking siege cannon, could not usually capture a strongly defended walled town. There was a more fundamental reason for perpetual war, however. As Tuchman says of the English, "Essentially, Gloucester and the barons of his party were opposed to peace because they felt war to be their occupation." Fighting was supposed to be conducted according to the chivalric...
...Jewish outlook, a Jewish sense of humor--some of which, as a confirmed goy, I could not comprehend--a Jewish pride, and yet he remains a universal character. To Levine, as to Halberstam, ethnicity and personal background are important parts of life, and learning to cope with them--when to use them as a form of instinct, and (more important) when to ignore them--is the key to personal growth...
...drilling, might even increase their future share. The new production, combined with a slowdown in consumption, has put off the day when the world will start running out of oil to the 1990s, or the early 21st century. Far from being menaced by scarcity, the companies just now must cope with a global glut...
Meanwhile Israel braced itself for a new round of terrorist violence, which was plainly calculated to derail the Begin-Sadat-Carter summit meeting that is scheduled for next week at Camp David. Israeli television broadcast graphic?and all too true-to-life?programs instructing viewers on how to cope with terrorist bombs. A citizens' organization set up a fund to pay the equivalent of a $550 reward to anyone who discovered and reported an explosive device. At police urging, homeowners began checking their residences twice daily for terrorist booby traps. So far, the extraordinary precautions have paid off". More than...
...methods of enhancing labor's political push. Among them are Sol Chaikin, 60, president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers; William Winpisinger, 53, chief of the Machinists; Jerry Wurf, 59, head of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). But the new leaders will have to cope with powerful economic and social forces that have been reducing union power through the post-World War II period. The main problem areas...