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While the examples and words may be new, this sort of view is hardly original. Every decade in this century has been condemned by someone as the worst, most hopeless period of history; at the very least, each period was compared unfavorably to the past. That is a symptom of Americanism that dates to the Jacksonian Era. I do not suggest any of that; even so it is difficult not so sound like (God forbid) Eric Severeid. It is the general, but by no means pervasive, comfort of America today that makes the '70s so inert and dangerous. But every...
...recent student demonstrations against Harvard financial ownings in South Africa-affiliated companies only touch a symptom of a more profound problem. That is, is it justifiable for a university with a $1.6 billion endowment to invest most of that enormous endowment in stocks, while continuing to charge students ever-increasing tuition fees...
...Clair's arguments are only one symptom of a widespread cultural arrogance and intolerance that emerged all too clearly in this trial. The trial itself, more than the jury's inconclusive decision, demonstrated how difficult the attainment of judicial impartiality is in a society biased toward a cultural norm many groups cannot understand or accept...
...UNHAPPY FACT is that the illegal immigration problem cannot be solved by placing a few more guards along the border or by asking employers to stop hiring workers without papers. Heavy illegal immigration is a symptom of a more serious problem--the sad state of the Mexican economy. The U.S. economy can only be made to absorb so many millions of poor unemployed from Mexico. This is not to say there is nothing the United States can do to help, but ultimately Mexico will have to solve its own problems. The U.S. government cannot force the Mexican government to spend...
Specialists disagree about the causes of agoraphobia. A few doctors think it may stem from hormonal imbalances or overuse of stimulants, even coffee, but most experts are sure the affliction is a psychic one. Freudians consider it a neurotic symptom. Many psychologists see it simply as learned behavior: a patient has an initial breakdown so traumatic that it leaves him in a constant state of anxiety over a possible recurrence, thus producing the phobia...