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Striking predominantly women in their childbearing years, lupus erythematosus ("red wolf disease") was given its bizarre name by 19th century doctors who thought that its characteristic reddish rash resembled a wolfs bite. Now physicians know that discolored skin is only one symptom of a far more pervasive ailment. Like rheumatoid arthritis, SLE is one of the so-called autoimmune diseases, caused by the body literally waging war on itself...
...presidents feel that the commercialization of the film societies is the most serious symptom of the increased competition. Tim Tankosic '78, president of the Winthrop House Film Society, said he has shown some films for financial reasons he would rather not be associated with. "It's an unhappy mix of trying to make money and trying to show good films," Tankosic added...
...situation should be covered in news broadcasts, but without any mention of the terrorists' demands. When there is no glory, no profit, no support for any cause to be gained by the capturing and holding of hostages, this particular symptom will cease to appear...
...time of our visit in May, 1975, the visible symptom of an underlying malaise in the Department of Architecture was a surface placidity: the belief, as one faculty member explained it, that the heroic period of innovation is over in architectural design, and all the student can be expected to do is to master what has already been done. One student said: "The faculty is bored with us, and we are bored with them." In April, 1976, most of the discussion centered around what the Dean did, or did not say, before, during and after a speech in Seattle...
What went wrong? The quick answer is that Volvo's car sales in the U.S. fell from a peak of 60,338 in 1975 to 43,887 last year, a decline of 27.3%. But that drop is only a symptom of a deeper problem that afflicts not only Volvo but all Swedish industry. Essentially, the welfare-state policies of the Swedish government are pushing labor costs so high as to price Swedish products out of the international market...