Word: chronical
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...rate is only modestly lower than in 1989, when Washington earned the title "Murder Capital of the U.S."; fire-code violations may delay the opening of many D.C. public schools; and Congress, which acts as overseer to the D.C. government, is threatening to take action on the city's chronic budget deficit. Having soured on Kelly, those who would vote for anyone but Barry are turning increasingly to Ray, a bland 15-year veteran of the city council and a perennial runner-up in mayoral elections. His campaign has focused largely on the promise to restore the city's tattered...
...chief of staff takes over, but has gridlock become chronic...
During the morning ceremony, chairs were placed in front of the disabled section to make room for distinguished guests, according to Galen Silversmith, who suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome and is the brother of Jol A. Silversmith...
...humanitarian donations from abroad. "If you go to a medical center, you will see how conditions have deteriorated," says Public Health Vice Minister Ramon Diaz Vallina. In many cases, diagnostic equipment stands idle for lack of spare parts and readout paper. Mammograms were cut back last year because of chronic X-ray-film shortages...
...lack of proof that a "Gulf War Syndrome" exists, the Clinton Administration today announced its support of a bill that will compensate all veterans who reported unexplained symptoms within two years of returning from the Persian Gulf. Since the war, over 23,000 veterans have experienced such ailments as chronic fatigue, depression, headaches, joint pains and skin disorders, which many claim were caused by the Iraqi use of chemical and biological agents. At the same time Washington was taking financial responsibility, Britain's Defense Ministry rejected the possibility that the condition even exists...