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...budget takes the unprecedented step of linking program performance to spending levels. Unbeknownst to most Americans, billions are wasted each year on programs that fail to achieve their stated goals. Until now, no serious attempts have been made to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent on programs that deliver maximum benefits to the American people. This year’s budget begins this long-overdue reform...
...useful in producing and protecting offspring, we would rapidly consume the resources needed for the survival of our children. The goal of medicine should be to increase life expectancy in countries where it is far too short and to enhance the quality of life. A wholesale extension of the maximum human life-span would accelerate overpopulation and, ultimately, overwhelm the biosphere. JONATHAN A. FRIEDMAN Rochester, Minn...
...intent, and I had the ability to do it,'" says deputy prosecutor Graham Blewitt, "you can only submit evidence that will enable the judges to infer that's what was in the accused's mind." Most of the charges fit under the less demanding "crimes against humanity" statutes. The maximum sentence is the same for all the charges: life in prison...
...blot on Harvard’s reputation as a center of international academic excellence. Honors were designed to reward only those students who distinguished themselves by the very highest of intellectual standards. By devaluing an honors degree, Harvard is not encouraging students to strive to fulfil their maximum academic potential...
...District Court, judges can impose no more than two and a half years per count. In Superior Court, the two counts—trafficking in marijuana and conspiracy to violate drug laws—each carry a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum of 15 years...