Word: reductionism
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A proposed reduction in the University's contribution to total health costs for part-time workers has become a key sticking point in union negotiations, members of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) said recently.
Saying that the "deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct" of AIDS patients causes the illness, Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) called for a reduction infederal funding for AIDS.As expiration nears for the $880 million Ryan White Care Act of 1990, which provides money for AIDS treatment, Helms said the disease consumes...
The rush to judgment on this issue began in 1992, when New Jersey enacted its "family-cap" law. Since Aug. 1, 1993, women on welfare who have another child are denied additional cash assistance, an amount that varies from $64 to $102 a month depending on family size. Profound "positive...
That study, a five-year inquiry by a group of Rutgers University researchers, has now produced its first in-depth report of the family-cap policy. It directly contradicts O'Neill's findings. After closely monitoring 4,428 mothers--2,999 who were penalized if they had more children while...
Perhaps more importantly, in this age of animated super heroes coming to life on the screen and Disney reduction of history and fantasy into marketable musical numbers, Bridges offers the hope of becoming a classic for our generation. Realism in the movies is all too rare, sacrificed for sugar-coated...