The good news, said Dr. Kai Erikson, a sociologist at Yale, is that faced with new and frightening realities, people do adapt.
Faced with new limits, European carriers may try to renegotiate existing agreements with non-E.U.
Faced with new costs, working women will have to redouble their efforts.
Then the West will be faced with new economic and security difficulties.
You are constantly faced with new people, problems and situations, and can rarely relax.
Faced with new competition, broadcasters resist giving airtime to presidents, so presidents give fewer addresses (and evening news conferences).
When faced with new technology they were no longer very good at doing what they were designed for.
Faced with new figures showing a decline in consumer confidence, investors struggled to find some of their own on Tuesday.
Yet when the Irish were faced with new environmental taxes, they quickly shifted to greener fuels and cars and began recycling with fervor.
Faced with new limits on fees associated with debit cards, for instance, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and others are imposing fees on checking accounts.
Faced with new regulatory requirements and smaller returns in some business segments, Wall Street firms have had to scale back since the financial crisis.
