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THESE SHORT-TERM MISSTEPS are both cause and symptom of a failed presidency. Of course, later this year--say, around the time George Bush turns 68 in July, when short-term remedies bring the economy up a bit and when the Bush campaign is running full-speed--Bush won't look so bad. Few will remember the poor appointments, the unwillingness to create a long-term economic strategy, the erstwhile Buchanan challenge...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Fight the Power? | 1/31/1992 | See Source »

Though political correctness is the issue most often associated with groups like his, Aronowitz said that PC is not the only debate at stake. "PC is merely a symptom of the greater problem of the conservatives," Aronowitz said...

Author: By Erick P. Chan, | Title: Group to Fight Conservatism | 11/8/1991 | See Source »

...babies lie naked on plastic mattresses. Each day the hospital admits another 10 cases of marasmus -- an advanced state of malnutrition that causes the child's face and body to become as shriveled and haggard as those of a wizened old man. Other children have grotesquely swollen bellies -- a symptom of the starvation syndrome known as kwashiorkor. Before the war, says the hospital's director, there was barely one such case a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watching Children Starve to Death | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

...will never recover leads him to prefer dying to continuing to live as a creative mind trapped in an immobile body. In addition, Harrison feels dehumanized in the antiseptic atmosphere of the hospital, where compassion is considered unprofessional. His request to die is viewed by his doctors as another symptom of shock--something to be treated with valium. Only through a court order does Harrison finally receive the right...

Author: By Margaret H. Gleason, | Title: He's Not Defending His Life | 5/3/1991 | See Source »

...What is usually the first symptom of Alzheimer's disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broken Connections, Missing Memories: JACOB FOX | 4/15/1991 | See Source »

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