Word: pendulums
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...forgiven if they see absolutely nothing here that resembles good news for them. Without a doubt, consumers benefited from the cheaper airfares that followed in the decade after deregulation. In a period of expanding capacity, letting the market set the fares is a great idea. But now the pendulum is swinging in the sellers' direction. The airlines' widely touted "price discipline," for example, translates roughly to a 27% increase in the average price of a ticket in the past two years...
...understand the tentative sense of hope and excitement that has spread across the AIDS community in the months since the Vancouver conference. Ho's speech, for all its caveats, provided the first concrete evidence that HIV is not insurmountable. After 15 years of horror, denial and disappointment, the pendulum may at long last be swinging against AIDS...
...Americans have got through the democratic process of the election and effected change in our country. We occasionally have a hard time finding balance in the political arena. The pendulum swings too far to the right or too far to the left. Yes, our government can get too big, too bloated, too arrogant. However, I would hate to throw the baby out with the bathwater. As frustrating as it can be, I would prefer to keep our system and fight Big Government. With knowledge and citizen participation in elections, we can reshape government to benefit all Americans, not just...
...Eigsti. The elaborate facade of a huge garden room is a complement to the discussion of art and genre which proceeds within, what with its Roman arches, paired columns a la Michelangelo, and huge French doors one could imagine at Versailles. Most intriguing of all, a huge gleaming bronze pendulum swings slowly and mesmerizing lyacross the stage as the audience takes its seat, but disappears by the time the curtain raises for the first act. The image of that swinging ball remains impalpably, and the presence of the ominous pendulum may be felt long after it is gone...
...emotional pendulum has swung back a bit. While doctors now accept the fact that new illnesses and new potentially devastating strains of familiar diseases like influenza will continue to threaten humans, they also know that adopting the right strategy can contain the damage. In this view, the fight against infectious disease is neither a leisurely war of attrition nor a desperate retreat. Instead, it looms as a protracted guerrilla conflict in which reliable intelligence and rapid reaction are the keys to survival. The enemy could strike anywhere at any time. Only when a disease outbreak has been contained can doctors...