Word: partially
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these are at best partial and local answers to a problem that goes much deeper. The central question is whether technology may be pushing the fallible humans who operate it beyond their ability to make wise judgments instantly on the basis of what, with even the most sophisticated systems, will often be ambiguous information. This question applies not only in the Persian Gulf, but wherever there are fingers on buttons that can launch deadly weapons...
Some economists believe that if Cardenas surges at the polls, De la Madrid may declare a partial moratorium on Mexico's foreign debt. This would serve to undermine the left, allow De la Madrid to leave office drenched in public applause, and give Salinas the funds to prime a stagnant economy. Yet just as the Spanish defeat of Hidalgo's revolt against the crown only postponed Mexican independence, such fiscal populism might only delay a more fundamental political reckoning...
...when it affected his own workforce; the latest example was when he came out against this year's unionization effort. He marshalled an antiunion propaganda machine--writing two antiunion letters himself, sponsoring work-time meetings between administrators and workers, and issuing anti-union pamphlets packed with misleading graphs and partial-truths...
...when the treatment was developed by Dr. Steven Rosenberg of the National Cancer Institute, more than 400 Americans have received it. Though there have been some spectacular successes, IL-2 is clearly no cure for cancer. Five percent to 10% of patients experience complete remission, and more have partial ones. But the majority reap no benefit at all. Given the expense and the risks, the treatment has come in for some sharp criticism. Even so, University of Pennsylvania Oncologist Kevin Fox notes that IL-2 therapy is the only treatment that works at all on advanced melanoma and kidney cancer...
...that fourth period, the Crimson outscored the Rockets, 4-3. It was the biggest game in many of the Harvard players' lives, and that last stanza was, according to some players, a partial victory...