Word: symptoms
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...adding one grade to the top of the spectrum will hardly stem the tide of grade inflation that has swept Harvard for the last century. Adding an A-plus would address a symptom of grade inflation but would do nothing to address the problem’s root causes. Grades have steadily increased for years—what would prevent them from continuing to creep upwards, until 50 percent of grades given out are either As or A-pluses...
...long-term effects, however, are still unknown. For now, students said they see BID’s troubles as a symptom of the times...
...made the world more risk-averse in other ways as well. Fear of flying brought a drop in air travel, prompting multibillion-dollar bailouts and causing a slump in tourism. This year more struggling airlines are likely to go out of business. The drop in the Dow is another symptom of risk avoidance; we feel safer putting our money under the mattress than putting it in the stock market. Even the entertainment industry is taking no chances, which means more of the same on stage and screen: sequels to sequels to sequels, including the next installment of Harry Potter...
...even among U.S. allies in the Arab world is that Sharon's policies are a far more serious obstacle to Middle East peace than any deceit on Arafat's part. Indeed, even moderate Arab regimes may be inclined to see any illegal arms procurement by the PA as a symptom of the breakdown of the peace process and Israel's escalating military actions...
Harvard’s deplorable practice is a symptom of a national trend. As institutions and companies have grown, they have hired other companies to provide ancillary services like cleaning and security. Harvard, in all its vastness, no longer wants the burden of managing and training a corps of custodians or security guards. Justifiably so; Harvard's primary mission is to educate, not to provide the cleanliness or security which undergird its academic pursuits...