The epidemic of global riots is symptomatic of global system failure - a civilisational form that has outlasted its usefulness.
AS many have pointed out, the deadly bridge failure in Minneapolis was symptomatic of a system of bridges that will continue to corrode, crack and crumble if not maintained.
Benyon may only be a minority stakeholder in the investment – the US-based private equity firm, Westbrook partners own the majority – but for the New Era tenants his involvement is symptomatic of a system that is working against their interests.
The disgraceful conditions reported last year at Walter Reed Medical Center are symptomatic of a system-wide problem that must be addressed immediately.
In most fields, talent and professional standing do not coincide, but such inefficiencies of pay and recognition are symptomatic of the medical system's effective values.
The lenders maintain the errors involved mere technicalities, while lawyers for defaulting homeowners say they are symptomatic of a foreclosure system out of control.
The year-long national topics, which serve the highly-specific technical needs of the elite national circuit, are often "critiqued" as symptomatic of a training system that forms cynical technocrats who will tolerate injustice as part of a never-ending, brutal game where real consequences are always "debatable".
Like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Wachovia, Washington Mutual, Fannie/Freddie, CDOs, Bear, AIG, bond insurers, GM, Chrysler, CIT, California, Greece and the countless others wrapped up in this crisis, Lehman is symptomatic of a banking system bent on finding ways to hide risk from the investing public and regulatory community.
"What I saw were seizures… respiratory problems that didn't clear up… people complaining about tingling appendages, brain fog, confusion, and memory loss, really bad headaches, and this is all symptomatic of central nervous system problems that are a hallmark characteristic from oil or solvent exposure.
Is obesity symptomatic of a dysfunctional political system beholden to snappy sound bites and suffering from collective attention-deficit disorder?
