Word: panacea
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Victory was no panacea, but there's lots to cheer about...
EVEN IF universal conscription is not a panacea for preventing unpopular wars, it does over time prevent leaders of democratic nations from prosecuting wars that stray too far from the national interest. Israel, whose citizens all serve terms in the army, got involved in a conflict in Lebanon in 1982 that ultimately proved unpopular among a majority of its citizens. Given the fact that men and women from all sectors of Israeli society were dying in the war, public opinion eventually compelled Israel to withdraw from most of Lebanon--in much less time and with far fewer losses than America...
Researchers are quick to point out that theirtheories are still speculative, and conclusiveproof is still at least half a decade away. Butalready, the much-heralded panacea has taken abeating from some investigators...
Hence the search for another way to avoid the crushing burdens of superpower responsibility. The search has borne fruit. The newest panacea for getting us off the hook has been found: the U.N., multilateralism, collective security. Woodrow Wilson's great dream that the world would respond to aggression by acting collectively rather than having to rely on a policeman (i.e., us) is finally coming true...
...heavy emphasis on the mechanics of math. Some are unconvinced that test-score increases are attributable to Kumon, while others object to the $45-a-pupil annual cost. Shirley Frye, president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, takes a balanced view. "Of course there is no panacea for teaching math," she says. "We are looking for all of the methods that will help make students successful." Kumon certainly seems to be one of them...