Word: gradualism
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Parkinson's disease, which causes trembling and muscular rigidity, stems from the still unexplained gradual death of most of the cells in a tiny, darkly pigmented area of the brain called the substantia nigra. The cells produce dopamine, a chemical that helps transmit impulses from the brain through the nervous system to the muscles. The Vanderbilt operations, adapting a technique that was developed in Sweden and first used successfully in Mexico last year, involve transplanting dopamine-producing tissue from one of the patient's two adrenal glands (located atop the kidneys) into the brain. Since the cells are the patient...
...sign of the change is that Volcker went along with a gradual reorientation of Fed policy toward pepping up economic growth. In 1986 the Reserve Board let the basic money supply grow at a 16% annual pace, far above Volcker's original target limit of 8%. That money spurt, along with the weakening dollar, has let inflation edge up this year and may have sown the seeds of future rises that could nullify part of Volcker's celebrated victory against spiraling prices...
President Aquino is believed to support a gradual phaseout of the vigilantes in favor of a citizens' army based on the Israeli model. Says she: "The challenge is to mobilize people in the defense of their communities but with all the safeguards that will prevent the abuse of this great power." The problem is that Alsa Masa and its counterparts have been effective in the battle against the Communists. Vigilante supporters say Aquino cannot afford to ignore their successes, whatever the long-term risks...
...This gradual shift of attitudes has been reported out of Moscow, accompanied by an escort of journalistic cautions. Life in Moscow is a postgraduate course in skepticism for correspondents. When Gorbachev telephoned Sakharov in December to free him from nearly seven years of internal exile in Gorky, most of the initial speculation saw it as primarily a propaganda stunt for foreign consumption. The press corps in Moscow reminded everybody that the Gulags are still full and dissidents who are Soviet Jews have a hard time emigrating. Then came the op-ed page experts, asserting that change in the Evil Empire...
While acknowledging that instituting a comprehensive ethics program will be a gradual process, the B-School Dean said at the New York gala that important initiatives are already underway. McArthur points to Bok's University-wide ethics program, which is aimed at versing teachers in ethical issues in the various professions, and a B-School research project focused on competitiveness, ethics and leadership as examples of this effort...