The popularity of Botox reflects the growing national mania for cosmetic surgery and the array of related procedures that try to slow time's winged chariot.
Although the first part of Gogol's masterpiece "Dead Souls" was published to great acclaim, he would succumb to a growing religious mania in later years and would burn portions of Part 2 — not once but twice.
Another creature living in the researchers' version of Pandora's box that is raising its ugly head even further these days thanks to the growing impact point-mania, is the spectre of data fabrication.
That's part of what great parents, and great teachers, can do: help young people overcome self-doubt, unleash their curiosity, and do whatever's in their heart, even if that turns out to be a mania for growing mold in closets.
That became impossible as the subprime mania grew.
In distinction to the classic conceptualization of mania and hypomania, a growing body of work indicates that these episodes are not typically characterized by euphoric mood and sense of increased well-being, but rather by significant dysphoric symptoms.
Giant-Pumpkin Mania When it comes to growing giant pumpkins, Scott Armstrong is like Jack with a beanstalk.
With mania in full swing and a growing grandiosity now mixed with paranoia, her beliefs and perceptions become distorted.
It was the Gilded Age, a time of merger mania, increasing concentration of wealth, and growing political influence by corporate power brokers known as Robber Barons.
