Hem, however, refuses to adjust to his new circumstances and is left behind.
While my eyes refused to adjust to the blackness, I could hear thousands — O.K., dozens — of little bat bodies shifting in slumber inches above my head.
Although some had the support of family and friends, others were dealing with extreme hostility and isolation as those around them struggled (or refused) to adjust to a life a little less "normal".
At worst, the memories conjure up something else -- an aging Vietnam War hawk who was finally ousted from the Senate for stubbornly refusing to adjust to changing political and cultural realities.
Confronted with evidence of a radically changing environment, those holding (or aspiring to) positions of influence simply turn a blind eye, refusing even to begin to adjust to a new reality.
Some relationships aren't so friendly, and roasters who refuse to adjust their contracts in rising markets might find themselves confronted by shortfalls come harvesttime.
Unenlightened people refuse to adjust their words or their actions in order not to give offense; vindictive ones seek out the company of unenlightened people in order to be offended at their lack of enlightenment.
If the party doesn't adapt, the alternative is that its power centers — the Christian right, anti-immigration forces, and proponents of policies that benefit the affluent at the expense of the less well-off — will refuse to adjust, in which case the party risks going the way of the Studebaker.
