But she was described as charming, poised and unaffected by people who met her, and she appeared to successfully adjust to life abroad.

"Some people never successfully adjust to life in town," Ms. Hopf said.

Most cancer survivors are generally able to adapt and adjust successfully to cancer and its treatment; however, a small number of cancer survivors have difficulty adjusting.

The ability to adjust successfully can be the difference between a trip to the Final Four and an early-round defeat.

"I was showing in that novel that Lonnie Jackson, a black basketball player from the ghetto, can adjust successfully when he attends a Midwestern college," he said.

But beyond those specifics lies a general acknowledgement that the naysayers were for the most part wrong and that schools and students could successfully adjust to more challenging standards.

The surprising strength of Canadian exports helped support the Bank of Canada's case that Canadian businesses are adjusting successfully to a soft American dollar.

Most people successfully adjust after losing a partner; research on bereavement patterns finds the most frequent outcome is resilience.

The patient who successfully adjusts to the crisis of recurrence often shifts expectations and maintains hope in a variety of meaningful life activities.

Or perhaps he will continue to successfully adjust in a business that drives lesser coaches to believe that moral compromise can be a way to success.