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...conservative with a conscience, but a conservative first and foremost. The Jeffersonian creed that "government that governs best governs least" remains the operative phrase in Anderson's political vision. Just put the money into the pockets of consumers and hence into the market system and the benefits will filter down to those in need. It is a traditional doctrine, Adam Smith filtered through 200 years, but what was liberal in 1776 is liberal no more...
...first half saw the hoopsters pull out in front with fine outside shooting from freshman Ann Scannel and inside bank shots from forward Karen Smith. The tall, slender Smith has an uncanny ability to filter through enemy defense lines and hover open beneath the basket for easy layup conversions...
From its storefront office on 9th Avenue in New York, the organization tries to educate people about the hard-core pornographic culture many of them, especially women, never see: how its violent and misleading images of women filter down into popular culture like record and fashion advertising; how these images promote stereotypes about female sexuality; and how pornography encourages male violence toward women. WAP members quote studies which claim that more than half of all child rapes are committed by men who say they are "trying out" techniques they saw in hard-core magazines and books...
According to Cabot, however, moral and social questions do filter into the profit-oriented minds of the Harvard Management Company through its ties with the Corporation and the ACSR. Harvard Management is aware, Cabot says, that when corporations face social problems they very often will face related financial problems...
Other changes have also helped to take the bite out of union demands. Chafin has improved internal communication through a new organizational structure and monthly plenary staff meetings. Though the chain of command structure still remains in place, complaints do, on the whole, manage to filter to the top. For example, late May, a group of women within the department complained that they were not being treated professionally by the overwhelmingly male force. Chafin says he held a meeting with a core group of the staff to correct the situation immediately because, he says, "I thought it was an extremely...