Word: maximalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Arms control has a complicated history. In the earliest days of the nuclear age, some concerned scientists had argued that unilateral restraint would induce the Soviets to follow suit. There was not the slightest proof that the Soviets operated by such a maxim, and overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Secretary of Defense Harold Brown said during the Carter Administration: "We have found that when we build weapons, they build; when we stop, they nevertheless continue to build...
...those who write letters of reference. The committee's report called for a few concrete changes--suggesting that letters be addressed to specific individuals and that authors describe their relationships with the doctors under consideration. But the core of the report--its "golden rule" policy--confirms the ancient maxim that sometimes nothing is as difficult to see as the obvious. The proposed code--which would require anyone writing a letter of recommendation to include all information that he would like to know were he to receive the letter--seems little more than "common sense...
...generation of college economics students learned that maxim from the classic textbook by Paul Samuelson. Labor unions had become so strong, the reasoning went, that they had virtually repealed the law of supply and demand as it applies to jobs and wages. Even in difficult economic times, unions would prefer to sacrifice jobs rather than relinquish hard-won gains hi salaries or benefits. During the 1973-75 recession, the worst since the Great Depression, many workers went on strike or suffered layoffs so that they would not have to give up what they won in past wage negotiations...
...badly enough), his votes are "transferred" to the candidate marked number two (see page for a more detailed explantions). If either Sullivan "makes quota" (gets ten percent of the total vote) in the first count, their surplus will be distributed to the next candidates. There is only one maxim to remember here: CCA votes are much more likely to transfer to other CCA candidates. Therefore, if David Sullivan and Walter Sullivan each went a few hundred over the quota, when their extra ballots were redistributed, David's would likely aid other CCA candidates more than Walter's would help other...
James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government, has argued that despite student protest in the late '60s, "Whatever the students demanded, the Faculty got. If there was a realignment of power, the Faculty got it, not the students. "Nothing proves that ironic maxim more than the Faculty Council...