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That kind of defect, however, accounts for only about 20% of the retarded in the U.S. For the other 80%. who are functionally rather than physically retarded, physicians can rarely find precise causes. A growing number of experts believe that this nonspecific, generally milder form of retardation, the primary symptom of which is poor intellectual performance, is a socioeconomic disease. While genetic, chromosomal and hereditary causes occur with about the same frequency in all racial and economic groups, retardation of unknown origin is nearly ten times more likely to occur among the poor, black and Spanish-speaking...
...means that Gloria cooks breakfast with her mother), the show's lack of concern for the social and economic issues that surround raw bigotry, and Archie's unbelievability. But such criticisms would be missing the point; such problems are not particular to All in the Family, but are a symptom of TV's general vacuity. All characters, whether bourgeois or proletarian, are stereotyped, and consequently become a kind of substitute reality in the minds of their audiences. Several years ago, when Jerry Mathers, the actor who played Beaver Cleaver, was rumored killed in Vietnam, people seemed almost more saddened than...
Another 54 children also showed high lead content in their blood. "We found some kids with foot drop, a symptom of lead poisoning," adds Rosenblum. "This occurs when nerves become paralyzed, and the person cannot hold his foot up from the ankle. Mothers also told us of children who were irritable and had loss of weight. These can be signs of lead poisoning...
Much of the excitement about the Vietnam involvement is a kind of local event in terms of history. It's certainly a symptom of certain things. It's a symptom of certain things. It's a symptom of the last gasp of pax americana--already things happen in Asia which for the first time we don't have much of a stake in, or nobody blames us for everything that's been happening in the world in the past 20 years. We're coming out of that role; we're becoming for a while just one more country...
...fragmentation of parties is to some extent a reflection of Italian individualism. It is also a symptom of the country's deep political malaise. The center-left coalition, dominated by the Christian Democrats, which has governed Italy for a decade, is hopelessly divided by ideological quarrels and personal vendettas. Popular disgust with the coalition's method of governing by revolving-door cabinets-four in the past two years alone-could lead to modest gains for the Communists and their far-left allies...