Word: retreatism
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...health officials grapple with how to handle the crisis, whether to close borders and ground flights, it's worth remembering that, just as with our economic troubles, a retreat to protectionism will come at a high cost. A coordinated scientific response provides the best way forward, not panicked xenophobia...
...when you take advantage of the good aspects of this school and lead an involved life, there will be times things don’t work out as hoped for. But it doesn’t make sense in the face of failure to simply shut off and retreat, because you know what? The game was meant to be played. Looking back on my time here, I’m really thankful that the game exists at all, that Harvard, even though it hasn’t always been easy, offers so many chances to take those risks and have...
...What's more, the current stock market rally is less than two months old. And most rallies at the beginning of bull markets have lasted much longer before stocks retreat. According to strategist Lazlo Birinyi, who has long used technical factors to determine whether stocks are a good investment, in 23 of the past 24 bull markets stocks have risen for an average of 194 days before falling more than 10%. That means the current rally, near 60 days, has more than six months to go, on average, before stocks pull back. "Absolutely, this is a bull market," says Birinyi...
...online relationships and the rise in autism. Since online chatting does not require the sensitivity to tone and body language like a real conversation does, excessive reliance on online communication might cause our face-to-face communication skills to deteriorate. This leads to further social isolation as we retreat back into our online relationships...
...Mars, like Antarctica, was once warm and wet, but the slow loss of its atmosphere also meant the loss of much of its moisture and surface heat. Still, the place was warm and wet long enough for life to have taken hold - life that would have then had to retreat into underground water deposits and make the same kind of hurry-up adaptation Mikucki's microbes did. Similar adaptive metabolism could be in evidence on the Jovian moon Europa, where a layer of surface ice may cover a globe-girdling ocean. (See pictures of Mars' patterns...