Word: panaceas
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...court systems, including Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Cambridge, Mass., and parts of Chicago. The system generally provides one immediate benefit: the saving of previously wasted jurors' fees. Says David Kasunic, the Wayne State business law professor who guided the Detroit area through the change: "It's a panacea without a pitfall...
Faced with the dangerous effects of excessive military spending on our economy and our security, the United States must seek a definition of national security in term others than those of force. With the realities of modern weaponry, war can no longer be considered a panacea for political problems. True national security is determined not by numbers of tanks or missiles, but by a strong and healthy economy which provides adequate employment; a sane energy policy which emphasizes self-sufficiency; a just and equitable approach to dealing with Third World countries; and a diplomacy based on cooperation and consultation...
RHODESIA FELL only after bloody struggle, and today the world and freedom fighters must appraise the future of the remaining subjugated nations in southern Africa. Moralists, who fear armed struggle but who know change must come, promote their panacea, passive resistance. Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. each used this weapon of peace to successfully obtain relief from two of the world's strongest nations, and their disciples believe it will work anywhere...
...Beanpot is the panacea for Boston-area hockey programs. Win one, and the whole school gets a boost. Three high school seniors attended the tournament last year, guests of Northeastern. They watched the Huskies take the trophy, and now they're part of the pack that has transformed last year's 7-20 squad into a national power. That's what The Beanpot...
...everyone, of course, is so euphoric about the coming robot age. Brian Carlisle, Unimation's general manager for West Coast research, warns that "we're a long way from a robot that can assemble a carburetor." Nor are robots a panacea for all the ills that industry is heir to. The most automated factory of its time was the Lordstown plant that GM designed to produce the unsuccessful Vega, evidence that productivity is not worth much if the product is hard to sell. As the robotmakers look ahead, though, they see a promised land. It is a land...