Word: symptom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bush's remarkable progress in welding together an international coalition to oppose Iraq's aggression has thrown into even higher relief the sluggish, indecisive pace he has set on domestic affairs since taking office. Lack of progress on the deficit is only one symptom of the governmental gridlock that has become the rule in Washington. Although both the House and Senate passed versions of legislation that would for the first time establish a national child-care system, the bill has been stalled in a conference committee. So has the Clean Air Act, which would curb noxious emissions into the atmosphere...
...debate over educational vouchers can be seen as a symptom of America's loss of faith in liberal government itself, for public schools have always been the collective institution most closely monitored by the people. If, as Chubb and Moe argue, a free market is the only antidote to educational bureaucracy, then virtually all government programs, save tax collection, are implicitly called into question. Yet the crisis in the schools is so severe that vouchers must be seriously considered, which is why Dick and Jane seem well on their way toward becoming free-market conservatives...
...relocation backlash is just one symptom of the gradually changing attitude toward work. Employees are also beginning to balk at the long office hours that are the legacy of the '80s' corporate retrenchments that pared staffs and deepened the work loads of those who remained behind. Corporate loyalty is further strained by the growing realization that no matter how hard an employee works, no job is truly secure. "People feel 'the hell with it,' " says consultant Harragan. "They've had it with being overworked...
...eruption of the flag controversy is a glaring symptom of a distressing change in American politics over the past decade: the way that pit-bull negative ads have led to simplistic, visceral posturing by candidates at the expense of more substantive approaches to real problems. "It's a good issue to define your opponent," said Republican strategist Ed Rollins. "If your opponent is for flag burning, he's got to go through a very sophisticated explanation...
Doctors reflecting on the case note that Alzheimer's is difficult to diagnose. One symptom is sufficient mental deterioration to impair the ability to make decisions. "He has to claim she made her decision competently," observes Dr. Joanne Lynn, professor at George Washington University. "But the diagnosis of Alzheimer's is almost incompatible with that claim...