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...important place to start. Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, now at the dovish end of the military spectrum, says the Pentagon's budget could be cut 50% by the end of the decade. "We could powerfully enhance our status as a world power, strengthen our military security, and redirect resources to more deserving sectors of our economy," he told TIME...
...tentative Harvard Parking Office plan to redirect Yard traffic from Johnston Gate to Widener Gate has touched off a dispute between two unions over the employment of security guards who may be terminated in the move, a union leader said this week...
...P.R.I., faced with the prospect of social instability, would abandon current economic reforms for quick-fix policies that would mollify the masses. As Mexicans are fond of pointing out, their country has a long tradition of avoiding seemingly inevitable political upheaval. "The P.R.I. has an almost magical power to redirect itself to reflect the needs of the country," says a Mexican official. "And so we have the young technocrats running things. But if they should fail, then look for a wave of populism." If that happens, Salinas could easily turn against Washington and the foreign banks, leaving them wondering what...
...been a curious time to grow up in America, and the answer of authority, as espoused by William J. Bennett (who will now redirect his no-saying from financial aid to drugs), was a call for a greater "moral discipline" or a return to the past. Of course what we really need is more attention to the moral questions--not just the old answers--along with the rigorously trained minds and modern educations capable and desirous of reflecting on them. But usually, we've been thinking about something else...
...just as companies with products to sellhave to keep up with demographic shifts, so toodoes the Admissions Office. Fitzsimmons said theoffice has had to redirect its efforts because thenumber of 18-year-olds shifts around the countryfrom year to year. He says that overall, thenumber has been declining, but that the number hasdropped the most in New England and in theMid-Atlantic states...