Word: cope
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Madeleine, 11 months). "I wondered whether the movement did us a disservice by not preparing us for how difficult it would be," she says. "I'm part of a generation of women who grew up with the opportunities created by the feminist movement, but who find it difficult to cope in a society whose institutions and values have not yet adjusted to women's new roles...
Wallis was able to cope with this story because of a flexible work schedule, good child care and a husband who shares responsibility for household chores and the children, particularly when she works late...
During the past 10 years, President Derek C. Bok has repeatedly urged institutions of higher education to broaden their focus to help students cope with a increasingly interdependent world...
Working with microscopic machines presents special challenges to scientists. Not only do they risk inhaling their tools or scattering them with a sneeze, but they also have to cope with a new set of physical laws. The problem of friction, for instance, looms ever larger as parts get smaller. The tiniest dust speck can seem like a boulder. Rotating a hair-width dynamo through air molecules, says AT&T's Gabriel, "is like trying to spin gears in molasses...
Critics of Harvey Milk suggest that children with special needs, particularly homosexuals, should not be segregated but should learn to accept themselves in the context of a larger society. "Harvey Milk might be a good intermediate approach, but I'm not sure these students learn to cope in a school that is exclusively homosexual," says Susan Forman, professor of psychology at the University of South Carolina...