THE
TIPPING POINT IS NEAR
by ALLEN L. ROLAND
Word Spy
defines Tipping Point as thus; tipping
point n.
In epidemiology, the concept that small changes will
have little or no effect on a system until a critical mass
is reached. Then a further small change "tips"
the system and a large effect is observed .
The
tipping point is close at hand for the Bush Administration
.
In the
language of epidemiologists, fifty is the "tipping
point" at which an ordinary and stable
phenomenon
