Word: symptom
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...clear that members of the City Council are frustrated," says Councillor Kathleen L. Born. "Their threats are a symptom of that frustration...
Luckily, there are recognizable warning signs, many experts agree. Ninety percent of suicidal teens are depressed, and depression tends to cause certain types of behavioral changes. "There's no one symptom that's going to leap out to a parent," says Kay Redfield Jamison, professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the author of Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide. "It's rather a whole cluster of changes in behavior and mood and sleep and eating patterns and energy levels." Professionals tell parents to look for dramatic changes in behavior or appearance, changes in weight, changes...
...While we may be more accustomed to seeing the companies traded on stock markets merge, the merging of market trading systems themselves are yet another symptom of globalization. "Ever since you've had the move toward a single currency in Europe, there's been pressure from institutional investors for a Europe-wide trading system," says Hornik. "Previously, a Dutch pension fund, for example, was legally bound to keep the bulk of its investments in the same currency as its liabilities, i.e., Dutch guilders. The euro made it possible for them to invest across borders, which has been an inefficient...
...other murder last year is at least a symptom, perhaps a result, of the city's long hours...
...soft underbelly of the booming U.S. economy. The account, which measures the flow of goods, services and investments to and from the U.S., posted a record $338 billion deficit in 1999, it was announced Wednesday, having surged by $100 billion since 1998. That deficit, of course, is a symptom of America's unparalleled prosperity in a world economy still recovering from the Asian economic meltdown - the U.S. economy's roaring 6 percent growth rate makes it a voracious consumer of imports, while world markets remain sluggish when it comes to buying American products. But while it may be a symptom...