For all the creeping modern malaise of cottonwool kids, there is something hard-wired in the British to explore - and conquer - mountains, oceans, poles.

ALONG comes a men's movement that blames men for every modern malaise, from welfare to teen pregnancy to drug abuse.

For Rowe, the growing number of limbo-marriages and half-hearted separations are a symptom of a modern malaise.

And is there any cure for this modern malaise?

Among the six of them, they manage to cook up a satisfying - if somewhat superficial - menu of modern malaise.

Is the modern housewife's malaise due to deficiencies in her work environment?

He was afflicted by the modern malaise of instability and a fear of life.

This seems to be a very modern malaise.

IN the startlingly good first moments of his debut feature, "The Trigger Effect," the writer-director David Koepp offers razor-sharp images of modern malaise.

Is there any cure for this modern malaise?