Word: adaptation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Still, more than most, Bezos is likely to adapt to this brave new bot world. He understands its fundamental creed. "The balance of power online fundamentally shifts from merchants to consumers," he says. Indeed, thanks to shopping bots, the party won't just be at his place anymore...
LASIK is, after all, a young technology. Nearly all the excimer lasers used so far were actually approved by the Food and Drug Administration for a different type of eye surgery. (Doctors are allowed to adapt certain existing technologies to new uses.) The first excimer laser specifically designed for LASIK wasn't approved by the FDA until July 1998. Two more types of excimers are expected to pass muster by the end of this year...
That's because every shopper's click provides data, Brooks says. And in the past eight months, he has used that data, along with information from focus groups, to redesign his site five times. Brooks is dubious that a brick-and-mortar retailer can adapt as quickly to consumer needs. "My sense of time is compressed," he says. "For someone who has spent 25 years as a retailer to adopt this speed will be very tough...
...Alessandro responds that the district still encourages teachers to adapt the standardized curriculum into individualized, innovative lessons...
...President's University Fund, for which the University is attempting to raise $235 million during the campaign, will sponsor University-wide professorships, project ADAPT and interfaculty initiatives. It lagged behind at the 59 percent mark in June...