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Word: adjustable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recently had in high school. We visited graveyards and funeral homes. We also wrote our feelings about death. At the time we thought it trivial and a bit morbid. But this past summer a classmate died. Through our understanding of death we were able to cope and somehow adjust to the fact that we would never see our friend again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 24, 1979 | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

...hotline. While the federal ceiling of 65° applies only to commercial and public buildings, most cities enforce local laws requiring landlords to keep residential buildings at a minimal 68° by day and 55° by night. Scofflaws reported over the hotlines are generally given a day to adjust the thermostat before they face fines or jail sentences. "Our big club," says Chicago Building Department Director Nick Fera, "is that we can haul a landlord into court within 24 hours." That may not deter a landlord whose fuel bill exceeds income from his building. "In such cases," says William...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hotlines and Comforters | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Barnaby said the freshmen's inexperience showed, particularly in their failure to adjust quickly to the unfamiliar Bowdoin courts. Harrison and Corrigan played well, but, as Barnaby said, Bowdoin's top two players "pounced on every mistake...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetwomen Win in Opener; Depth Topples Bowdoin, 5-2 | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Citing the highway system and building standards, Engler said institutions that do not promote energy conservation are responsible for the nation's energy problems. "The vulnerability issue i not going to go away. The Middle East is not going to stabilize tomorrow," he said, adding that America must adjust its foreign policy to the realities of the issue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Experts Discuss Energy Crisis, Debate Role of Oil Industry | 10/18/1979 | See Source »

...original basketball cheerleading squad was all black. The squad did mostly "stomp cheers," which involved more clapping, dancing and singing, and Powell says most predominantly white high schools--like the one she went to--do "precision cheers," requiring stricter arm movements and less dancing. Powell "found it hard" to adjust to the stomp brand of cheerleading; others could not adjust at all and dropped out after a few weeks. "The white girls could not get into doing the stomp cheers. It wasn't the way they were brought up," she says...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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