Word: lieu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...defense guidance report produced by the Pentagon often seems to be a web of rationales for buying all possible wonder weapons. "It does little to set meaningful priorities," says General David Jones, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As Edward Luttwak, a conservative analyst, writes: "In lieu of strategy at all levels, we have only budgeting, programming and politics...
...worst, the IOUs would go to 86,000 state employees in lieu of salary, to companies that do business with the state and to an estimated 8 million citizens who are owed refunds on state income taxes. From time to time the state would advertise that it now had collected enough tax money to pay, say, IOUs numbered from 12-345678 to 12-49376, plus 5% annual interest...
...Harvard's got a long way to go. The in lieu of tax payments it gives Cambridge haven't been updated in 10 inflationary years, and Craigie residents now accuse Harvard of not living up to last spring's promising settlement. The University has also refused to discuss its treatment of tenant complaints with city officials (President Bok recently told a city councilor it was none of his business), and it hasn't made an adequate effort to make its enormous resources available to Cantabrigians. Harvard should begin acting more responsibly...
...Harvard's got a long way to go. The in-lieu-of-tax payments it gives Cambridge haven't been updated in 10 inflationary years, and Craigie residents now accuse Harvard of not living up to last spring's promising settlement. The University has also refused to discuss its treatment of tenant complaints with city officials (President Bok recently told a city councilor it was none of his business), and it hasn't made an adequate effort to make its enormous resources available to Cantabridgians. Harvard should begin acting more responsibly...