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...benefit programs, mainly Social Security and Medicare, which claim two-thirds of all spending, are exempt from the new legislation. Still, $10 billion isn't peanuts (another commodity that is subsidized undeservedly). Even in its flawed state, the line-item veto is a move toward fiscal sanity. Or, as Confucius might put it, beating back a $5 trillion debt begins with the first $10 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE POLITICAL INTEREST: NEW POWER FOR THE PEN | 4/8/1996 | See Source »

From Haiku to Buddhism, Confucius to Mao Tse-Tung, East Asian Studies encompasses a great wealth of information. The department studies the history, literature, politics, philosophy and economics of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam, making it one of the most comprehensive departments at Harvard. The requirements are almost as sweeping...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: Students Give EAS High Marks | 2/23/1996 | See Source »

...guarantee of food must be the top priority of everyone of every society," said Song, quoting Confucius...

Author: By A. OMIYINKA Doris, | Title: Song Praises China's Progress | 4/15/1994 | See Source »

...only been to Schoenhof's to buy Confucius in the original, consider returning when the rest of your Chinese class is not there fighting for the last copy. If you've never been there, Schoenhof's is a great place to find Tintin in French, German or Russian...in fact, it's the only place...

Author: By Daniela Bleichmar, | Title: A Corner of the World Just Around the Corner | 2/24/1994 | See Source »

...Cage's failure was occasioned by his own audacity and the intractability of human nature. Confucius, who analyzed and annotated the I Ching more than two millenniums ago, summed it up in the book's appendix: "Change has an absolute limit." Cage's fate was that, by chance, he found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sounds of Silence | 11/1/1993 | See Source »

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