Word: cures
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some contend that the most effective way to control terrorism is to cure the social conditions that inspire today's nihilism-such as unemployment (especially among the young) and a distant, insensitive bureaucratic government. Italian Sociologist Giovanni Statera argues that the alternative of "trying to shore up state institutions by passing repressive antiterrorist laws is like trying to cure a cancerous tumor with hot-water packs." Still, it remains to be seen whether efforts to eradicate economic injustice in a democratic manner would solve the present problem; it is not, after all, the have-nots who are taking...
...Sumatra and New Guinea, the winged bean is old potatoes. A sturdy, largely disease-resistant vine, it requires very little attention and grows with ease in rainy, tropical areas. The winged bean does more than just fill stomachs. Indonesians traditionally use extracts to treat eye and ear infections and cure dyspepsia; Malaysians claim a lotion concocted from the plant helps soothe smallpox...
...sore throats or lessen their severity." In the course of its review, which began in 1972, the FTC found that Listerine was no more effective in combatting colds than warm water. Doubtless Warner-Lambert will bury the admission as inconspicuously as possible in ads declaring that Listerine does cure bad breath-another old claim...
...fact, the inflation rate can-and must-be brought down. There is no mystery about what causes inflation: too many demands by too many people upon a limited amount of national wealth. The cure is more difficult to prescribe, but surely it involves discipline, limits, sacrifice. The means to retard inflation are economically feasible, but they are thought to be politically impractical. We know many of the ways; all we lack is the will...
...proposed curriculum makes a commendable effort to cure the principal defect of the General Education program. Under the present system, categories such as "Humanities" and "Social Sciences" are simply too broad to capture any coherent educational goals...