Word: rife
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Could it be because baseball movies are generally preposterous, melodramatic, rife with the sort of cheap film-school tricks that momentarily make us worry our star might not make this pitch? Shucks, the absurdity is part of the fun. I’m no melting puddle, and I’m still a sucker for The Natural. Robert Redford smashes home runs that defy physics and logic, and he hits the last one—the one that shatters the floodlights—while poisoned, and shot and bleeding through his uniform...
...defending the administration’s decision, U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick said, “The global steel industry has been rife with government intervention, subsidies and protection,” and explained that the American response served to counter the protectionism of other governments. In order to equalize trade opportunities, the administration should not raise America’s trade barriers, but rather continue to break down the barriers of other countries. American tariffs will only lead to retaliatory tariffs, which will weaken the international free market economy and possibly lead to a trade...
Though allusions to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia were rife, the two gatherings are vastly dissimilar. In Philadelphia, a group of English-speaking males who had fought on the same side in a successful war of independence had a common vision of democratic government relatively unclouded by cultural and historical differences. What united the delegates in the inevitable late winter rain of Brussels is less clear. There is a general dissatisfaction with the current workings of the E.U., a feeling that the club is unable to punch its weight on the world stage, an uneasy disconnect between...
...Switzerland never joined before? When the organization first came to Geneva in 1946, postwar fear of communism was rife and the cautious Swiss decided to stay outside. In a 1986 referendum, 76% of voters rejected membership; distrust of the Soviets, as well as political squabbles between superpowers, was blamed for the defeat. Today, Nordmann says, "the international environment is different and the U.N is different. We can no longer hide behind the shield of neutrality...
...question about what to do with DCIS is also rife with extenuating factors. If DCIS never left the breast ducts, physicians could safely ignore it. No one knows for sure, but at least one study suggests that perhaps 40% of DCIS lesions will develop into invasive tumors that, if left untreated, could eventually prove fatal. That means that maybe 60% of DCIS cases never threaten a woman's health--and therefore these growths do not need to be removed...