Word: panacea
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...system has not worked nearly so well as its proponents hoped it would. The grumblings and confusion that have accompanied the process of assignment this year demonstrate that centralized planning is no panacea. The new system has created as many problems as it has solved...
...vicious cycle--a reputation for inaction does not attract action-oriented people. Young Dems echo each other in articulating the problem; few see a way out of the cycle. The panacea offered most frequently is leadership--a charismatic leader for the club who would both attract a devoted following and, in the words of a former Radcliffe coordinator, "get people to think they're giving their time for something worthwhile. It's all a question of security--people don't want to commit themselves to something that might be a bust. Freshman Cliffies are so vulnerable to being used...
...Moral Cleanup." That three regimes fell in less than two weeks underscored the fact that political independence has not turned out to be the panacea many Africans had dreamed it would be. Dahomey, the C.A.R. and Upper Volta are all pitifully poor, lack the mineral deposits and rich soil necessary to lift the standard of living much above the bare minimums their populations had endured for years. Unable to do much for the people, the politicians unwisely did what they could for themselves. Dahomey's first President built a $3,000,000 palace; the Upper Volta...
Speaking last week to a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dr. Plank stressed that the birth control pill must not be thought of as a "panacea" for the population problems of such countries as India, where the people are economically underprivileged, highly agrarian, and often illiterate...
...Panacea. After such surgery, now standardized with a 30-inch loop of jejunum, most patients suffer from some diarrhea, and at best must expect to have three or four bowel movements daily. This is not a high price to pay for the dramatic benefits, Dr. Troncelliti suggested in his report to the annual congress of the American College of Surgeons last week. At the same time, he emphasized that he is not recommending this "super-surgery as a panacea for the super-obese." To qualify as a candidate for jejuno-colostomy, a patient must be at least 100 lbs. overweight...