Word: gradualism
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...Oliviero Baccelli, a transportation economist at Bocconi University in Milan, that's because shippers have cut costs far faster and deeper than many of their counterparts in other industries. Shipping also enjoys a certain stability during tough times thanks to the enduring presence of family-run companies, and gradual consolidation over the past couple of decades has winnowed out the weak. "You have families who have hundreds of years of experience, who have lived through these situations and equipped themselves, and are resistant to speculation," says Baccelli...
...believe that this could be the first sign of Parkinson's. The latest thinking on the disease holds that the uncontrolled movements that are the hallmark of Parkinson's are only the latest and most advanced sign of the disease, the final stage of a 10- or 20-year gradual decline in nerve function. In fact, experts believe that the condition actually begins with a loss of smell and a degeneration of nerves in the olfactory tract, then proceeds to the gut and brain stem. At some point along this march, the nerve damage hits the pons, a region...
...empowering institution, Harvard College can easily be perceived as an increasingly limiting institution. Whether it is landing the highest paying jobs, gravitating towards the most impressively stressful course load or competing for the most visible poster space on the Science Center kiosks, our actions reflect a gradual homogenization...
...been breached. “Where we used to have formal, widely agreed upon boundaries between what we considered high culture—Shakespeare, fine art—and low culture—Broadway musicals or graffiti art—we’ve seen a gradual blurring and redefinition of these boundaries,” Kaufman says. “Doing mashups can be as high-status as playing Beethoven’s String Quartets, and in many cases even more...
...September, conservative columnist Kathleen Parker wrote of her gradual realization that Sarah Palin wasn't qualified to be John McCain's running mate and should step aside. A former Palin supporter, Parker incurred the wrath of right-wing readers, but her remarks were brave, and her willingness to repudiate spin, even at personal cost, won her admirers of all political persuasions...