Word: fulfillingness
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It has become an article of faith among policymakers and on Wall Street that if the economy grows at an annual rate above 2% or 2 1/2%, inflation will rise, perhaps uncontrollably. As illustrated by recent events, such conventional wisdom has become almost a self-fulfilling limitation. When growth rises...
In effect, the Pentagon brushed aside the President's concerns about anti-personnel mines, betting on his reluctance in a presidential election year to confront the U.S. military and limit its use of weapons. "Clinton does not have the standing to challenge the military," Thompson says. "He was wrecked on...
The Future of the Race is composed of two essays, one by Gates, the other by West, a joint preface by both scholars and reprints of two essays by W.E.B. DuBois (the appendix also includes a look at "The Talented Tenth" by Gates). In the preface, they speak of the...
Gee, aren't we regular folks lucky that the Jesus Seminar pundits have devised their own criteria for determining the reliability of the New Testament? Out of the blue, they assume that shorter, punchier passages are more likely to be accurate, and they prefer parables without explicit applications and impose...
I agree that trimming exam period from nine days to eight days would create the already mentioned problems, but I have to respectfully dissent on the grounds that trimming reading period by a day is not enough. If the administration were to comply with this request, it would effectively dodge...