Word: depression
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Russian flophouse at the turn of the century. Gorky's denizens all preserve their unmistakable personalities amidst the squalor of their hopeless everyday routine. Max Montel's gentle directing approach should be well-suited for a "Russian-human-condition" show; the ensemble cast will lighten your hearts as they depress...
...Margaret just seems to be phoney about everything. She always talks about high school and middle school and her babysitters, and how damaging her father was to her mind. On and on she goes. She says her growing-up was filled with bulimia, panic attacks, chronic fatigue and depression. I feel really bad for her, really, I mean it. I know how she feels to have things just depress you for no goddamn reason. But J.D. doesn't sound like that bad of a guy. Fights his own demons, of course, but he was never negligent, just detached like...
...people suffering from mild cognitive impairment will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease. Others, Mayeux explains, may be suffering from undiagnosed problems such as atherosclerosis, ministrokes or thyroid disorders. For still others, alcohol and drugs, legal or illegal, may be part of the problem. Any substances that depress the central nervous system, including anesthetics, throw a similarly wet blanket over the ability to form memories. Blood-pressure medicines and antidepressants may cause problems too, since the receptors they block in doing their job may play a role in memory formation. In general, once the chemicals are cleared...
Nader, who ran his 1996 bid out of California, admitted on NBC's Meet the Press that his candidacy may help to depress Gore's progressive base, particularly in Western states...
...absentee balloting and "motor voter" statutes that automatically register people when they get a driver's license. Still, voter turnout has declined steadily. Political scientists believe the underlying cause is apathy and disgust with politics, not the inconvenience of voting. Putting a ballot on the Internet might even further depress turnout by cheapening one of the hallowed rituals of democracy. "The business of democracy," says Curtis Gans, an analyst of voting behavior, "shouldn't be the same as getting your e-mail...