Word: reductionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"If we are to reduce the size of teaching sections we shall have to increase the instructional budget, with a consequential reduction somewhere else," Knowles wrote in his budget letter.
A key aspect of that vigilance includes a 10-percent projected reduction in fulltime employees (FTEs). Although there was an outcry over this reduction at last week's Faculty meeting, we believe the downsizing is necessary. It is not an isolated cut; it comes in the context of a reduction...
The Senate Majority leader, a supporter of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), refuted Buchanan's call for trade reduction by referring to the $3 million of American exports sent to Mexico each month. Dole explained that foreign trade is necessary for a healthy domestic economy.
"Our results suggest that a reduction in total fat consumption by middle-aged or older women is unlikely to reduce breast cancer risk," said Hunter, who is an associate professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Researchers did not observe a risk reduction among women whose fat intake was as low as 20 percent of daily caloric intake, well below current United States Dietary Association guidelines, according to the report.