Word: maxims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...those institutions: the commission. In recent years, innumerable national issues have been handed over to commissions of eminent citizens on the assumption that, if they cannot solve a problem, they can at least talk it to death. Presidents, Governors, mayors-all follow what has become a contemporary political maxim: when in doubt, appoint a commission...