Word: rationale
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There are some things that even the relatively progressive Abdullah wouldn't want to change. He gives no indication, for instance, that he plans to introduce democracy to the kingdom, whose national assembly comprises 120 appointees. It is just after evening prayers when Abdullah sits back in a stuffed chair...
Zeman retorted that the Czechs would not consider removing the laws, the underlying fear being that their repeal would open the floodgates to demands for restitution. "Why should we single out the Benes Decrees?" Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kavan told Time. "They belong to the past and should stay in...
Friday's unemployment number for February, the only big economic news of the week, could make or break the current euphoria; beyond that, retail sales should be king as investors check and re-check their premises about consumer demand still being there when supply picks up. If the Dow and...
The structure of most Harvard concentrations assumes that students and researchers are best organized along methodological lines—that the tools are fundamental and require mastery, while the particular subject matter, whether the Silk Road or Route 66, can be picked up as one goes along. Of course, this...
One knee-jerk—and patently false—line on the Core is that its offerings are too limited. The areas that are most subjected to this criticism (because they are indeed the only ones to which it could even begin to be falsely applied) are Social Analysis...