Word: ruthlessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: TIME's Christine Gorman reports that the discovery of a strong association between ovarian cancer and mutation of the p53 gene still leaves the mystery surrounding this ruthless killer's cause unresolved. Given that one- third of ovarian cancer cases are unrelated to the gene, "it's still quite possible to a have a p53 mutation and not get the disease," Gorman notes. "There's an association, but you can't just say 'if you have the mutation, you're going to get ovarian cancer'. Trotting every fifty-year-old woman in for a genetic test would scare...
...Canton has been infected by capitalism's mercantile excesses ever since the West forced open its doors as a treaty port in 1842. Today Guangzhou is China's best example of the worst the West has to offer. Its take-no-prisoners style has encouraged official corruption and ruthless business practices. "Corruption is normal," shrugs businessman Wang Shi. "Crime is new." So are beggars in the streets. This is a city that thumbs its nose at the government, holding on to as much of its wealth as it can, ignoring orders it dislikes, following its own drummer. Guangzhou's party...
...more than their own low salaries. "If you were corrupt under Mao," Liang says, "you'd be purged. Now they just tolerate it." Shenyang's citizens "loved" Beijing's recent Strike Hard crackdown on crime and corruption. When U.S. officials noted that some innocent people were jailed during the ruthless campaign, Shenyang applauded. "They said only bad people got caught," says a Western diplomat...
...counterparts say, "I like to compete: it makes me perform better." The recent surge of extreme sports--from bungee jumping to sky surfing--is no accident. The hip slogan of the Gen X T shirt? NO FEAR. Indeed, adversity, far from discouraging youths, has given them a harder, even ruthless edge. Most believe "I have to take what I can get in this world because no one is going to give me anything." And 71% of Gen Xers--a higher percentage than their parents or grandparents--believe "In this world, sometimes you have to compromise your principles." Do they identify...
...deeper concern is that American business, which is now the envy of the world for its profitability and ruthless efficiency, could fall off that pedestal if it takes on too many social issues. "Business exists to make a profit," says John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation, a North Carolina-based public-policy think tank. "When you lose sight of that, you lose the unique benefits that come from being highly focused in a competitive market...