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...result? At a faculty meeting last month, McKay Professor of Computer Science Barbara J. Grosz summed up the frustrations of many of her colleagues when she spoke out against the University's new, leaner benefits package for faculty members. Grosz complained that "it seems as though we were being treated more as employees of a business than members of a community...
...seems on the verge of success. They have managed to discredit the Democrats, root and branch. What they have not done, however -- and must accomplish over the next two years -- is convince voters that Republicans in Congress can move beyond heckling and obstructing to meet the public demand for leaner, more effective, more accountable government; that they can emulate pragmatic Republican success stories in the statehouses and mayors' offices. If not, the 1994 election will be remembered as just another blip, like the 1946 vote that won them only fleeting control of Congress. To paraphrase Victor Hugo: A great army...
Second, American capitalism has just gone through a tumultuous corporate restructuring, in which layers of middle management were stripped away. The result was supposed to be a leaner, more efficient economy. But is it possible that much of this middle-management fat has simply been moved from within the corporations to the "financial services" world? By the time we've paid all the financial advisers and investment bankers who stand between us and the actual productive use of our money, a large chunk has been taken out of our total return...
...took things out to make it a little bit leaner," says assistant dean Vivian Barry. "Ours was not as traditional [as Harvard's]. Ours was definitely less of a change...
...July, House and Senate conferees reached agreement on HR3841, the interstate banking bill, which would allow bank holding companies to establish separately managed and capitalized banks and branches in more than one state. Its sponsors claim that the legislation will make banking more convenient for customers and foster a leaner, stabler and more profitable banking system. A Senate vote was delayed Aug. 9, when Texas Republican Phil Gramm lodged a point of order involving his state's banking laws. Final action is expected sometime after Labor...