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Fortunately, the early ousting did not diminish the netmen's thrill at being in the NCAAs...
Some argue that the only way to curb illegal immigrants is to diminish their main reason for coming: a dearth of jobs and opportunities in their own lands. Some Hispanic leaders, for example, propose that Washington help promote "twin plants" along the U.S.-Mexican border, in which raw materials are processed in the U.S. and then shipped across the border for assembly in Mexico. But even if these schemes proved possible, the U.S. would still be confronted with millions of people from other countries eager to come to the land of opportunity. Though some Americans may feel their economy...
...gradual divestment or at liberal students that they will refuse to contribute. That too would be an irresponsible action to punish the entire University community because of particular policies the Corporation espouses. In the long run, single-issue billfold politics--of any perspective--only hurt the students and diminish the University...
...captain who besieges a city," said Machiavelli, "should strive by every means in his power to relieve the besieged of the pressure of necessity, and thus diminish the obstinacy of their defense. He should promise them a full pardon if they fear punishment, and if they are apprehensive for their liberties, he should assure them that he is not the enemy of the public good, but only of a few ambitious persons in the city who oppose it." Machiavelli would have been much pleased by Brezhnev's speech. It singled out the ambitious "enemies," and was rich in references...
...benefits VISTA gave to communities it covered, the volunteers it employed and the nation it served are not the kind that show up dramatically on graphs; consequently, VISTA is probably doomed. But even if VISTA's loss may not diminish the gross national product, we will be a poorer nation without it. VISTA was among a group of programs that, for all their problems, announced to the world that the American government saw what was wrong with this country and tried to change it. And perhaps more importantly, VISTA was conceived in the belief that there were ordinary people...