As Rome's borders expanded and its adversaries changed from largely infantry-based to largely cavalry-based troops, the infantry-based Roman army began to find itself at a tactical disadvantage, particularly in the East.
Yet, when a Startup Weekend involves Armenia and Turkey – known adversaries – things change.
Characteristics of many decisions are similar between high-level clinical and non-clinical decision-makers, with elements of complexity, high uncertainty, unpredictable adversaries, rapid change, and the potential for cognitive biases.
And he has found that the professional world he knew, of tight-lipped lawyers and hostile adversaries, has changed, at least for now.
Economic warfare also includes the use of economic means to compel an adversary to change its policies or behaviour or to undermine its ability to conduct normal relations with other countries.
But in the terrible wake of Hurricane Katrina, the adversaries have changed: The heroes will again include the U.S. Navy and National Guard, together with U.S. Food and Drug Administration doctors and nurses.
These activities aim to instil in these children the values, attitudes and knowledge to promote social cohesion and also equip them with the necessary skills to show resilience in the face of disasters, adversary and change.
Nonetheless, he said, he adopted some of his adversary's changes -- though Ms. Ellingsworth, he added, angrily complained that he had not incorporated them all.
As Bill McKibben writes, "the adversary here is not Republicans, or socialists, or deficits, or taxes, or misogyny, or racism, or any of the problems we normally face -- adversaries that can change over time, or be worn down, or disproved, or cast off.
