Word: reductionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"You have delivered big time," says Bratton, standing to address his Comstat managers. He reminds them that when he was hired away from the Boston Police Department in January 1994 by Mayor-elect Rudolph Giuliani, who had made crime and quality of life his major campaign themes, Bratton had asked...
SLASH IT, CUT IT, SHUT IT DOWN. The raging rhetoric in Washington's budget battle has revolved mostly around government spending cuts: who must take the pain, and how much of it. But as the dealing moves into what may be the final stages, the other side of the balance...
Though they are willing to scale them back, Republicans say tax breaks in some form will have to be part of any budget deal. They were a centerpiece of the Contract with America and remain a priority among the not-to-be-trifled-with House freshmen. The G.O.P. plan includes...
THE FAMILY TAX CREDIT: Dave Jones of Los Angeles is not completely happy with what he has heard about the tax cuts proposed by the Republicans. The $500-per-child tax credit, for instance, seems unfair to childless taxpayers. "If I were someone without kids," he says, "I would be...
Another unconscionable misrepresentation is the statement, "Harvard will continue its generous (and recently considerably expanded) level of support for public service programs." In no way did Harvard, "considerably expand" its fiscal support to programs. Yes, the Maul-Lewis Report secured stable funding for PBHA's programmatic staff. But it did...