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...Cleveland Clinic is one of 250 places in the U.S. that perform DBS for Parkinson's, and worldwide, close to 40,000 people have undergone the procedure. But the operation is by no means a cure. For one thing, it doesn't do much for end-stage Parkinson's symptoms like cripplingly bad posture and difficulty swallowing. More important, Parkinson's is a degenerative condition, which means that while DBS neutralizes tremors, the brain continues to deteriorate beneath the mask of the treatment. After a decade or so, electrical stimulation is not enough to contain the disease. Still, that...
This might spur central bankers to lower interest rates in an attempt to maintain the integrity of sound lenders and borrowers and stop the markets from seizing up. Whether this saves the day or is seen as just a symptom of more bad news to come for risky assets will then be the next big issue for investors to interpret. Normally, such moves are seen as bad news. But for investors who have been savvy and patient, such rocky times may offer a fine opportunity to pick up cheap equities, particularly in sectors likely to benefit from powerful long-term...
...earmark explosion - a 1,200% increase since the 1991 bill - was a symptom of this mindless goodie-bagging. And Young, who is now the subject of a federal corruption investigation, was by no means the only offender. Democratic Congressman James Oberstar of Minnesota - his successor as chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - bragged about bagging 57 "high-priority projects" for his district in the bill, including a visitor center at Mesabi Station, a bridge for snowmobiles in Onamia and a new $3 million highway between County Road 565 in Hoyt Lakes and the intersection of Highways...
...significant chunk of the Bush vote, the favors Bill Clinton received in the Oval Office were merely a symptom. The disease was the "coarsening of the culture"--the fact that, with the release of the Starr report, fellatio and the creative use of tobacco products were now the subject of the nightly news. And they were right--Lewinskygate did affect the media's content standards--even if, to observers like me, frank, unembarrassed sex talk in public was a good thing. Leaders' examples matter, sniffed candidate Bush. On June 4, the appeals court concurred...
...years of teaching English, I have learned that plagiarism is a symptom of disengaged learning; inaccurate source citation; and poor reading, writing and organization skills. Teachers must demand not just the product but also the process by giving intellectually challenging assignments, monitoring progress and holding students accountable for their work. Furthermore, students must believe that teachers will help them become ethical, mature citizens and are not just out to catch instances of plagiarism, whether intentional or unintentional...