Word: chronicic
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...accordance with a national shortage of flu vaccines this fall, Massachusetts restricted the vaccine to patients 75 years old and above and high-risk patients, including those suffering from diseases like cystic fibrosis, kidney disease and chronic lung problems...
...police force under the close watch of foreign advisers, the mission's youthful bureaucrats are taking charge of battered economic and development institutions. The economy has gone steadily backward: per-capita income has fallen 50% since independence in 1978. The ethnic tensions and brutality of 1998-2003 masked a chronic illness in Solomon Islands, for which there is no off-the-shelf cure. "Our leaders have not lived up to the expectations of the people that have put them into power," says Central Bank governor Rick Hou, one of the country's most respected officials. "It's a pity...
Beyond these ephemeral pluses and minuses at this year’s particular tailgate lies a chronic problem that will continue to plague future tailgates: alcohol policy. There is no question that some serious miscommunications between the Dean’s Office, the Undergraduate Council and BPD over expected attendance levels and alcohol policy led to some of BPD’s post-Game flare-up. Captain Evans seemed shocked by the perceived omnipresence of hard alcohol. “People were just carrying jugs around with Jack Daniels, vodka and tequila,” he said. But the presence...
...Thomas’ supervisor issued a memo—which will remain in her record—that chastised her for absenteeism and lateness. Thomas said her lateness was due to chronic fatigue caused by her sickle cell trait, and that other events, such as the murder of her cousin, forced her to miss work...
Besides California, 10 states have legalized medical marijuana since 1996. Nonetheless, federal drug busters have waged an eight-year battle against medipot, closing down cannabis clubs and prosecuting users. The case now before the Justices, Ashcroft v. Raich, involves two California women with chronic ailments. State lawyers contend the feds have no say over the women's pot use, since no money changed hands and the drug didn't cross state lines. For a court that has expanded states' rights, often to the dismay of liberals, the case is tricky. "Federalism isn't just for conservatives," says Boston University...