Word: reductionism
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She's not alone. With an estimated 150,000 Greeks, about 12% of the country's electorate, undecided ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections and with a legal ban on opinion polling in the last fortnight of the campaign, ruling conservatives and rival socialists appear to be locked in one...
While the Democrats will demand an accelerated troop reduction, that position may be more politically convenient than practical. By invading Iraq, the U.S. irreversibly altered the balance of power throughout the Middle East; now, Iraq cannot be treated as a policy decision in isolation from the full spectrum of U.S...
Harvard researchers reported last week that an obesity prevention program tested in Massachusetts middle schools may be preventing more than just obesity—the curriculum appears to be stopping nascent eating disorders as well, at least among girls. Compared to girls in middle schools without obesity prevention programs, the...
But my optimism broke on the rocks of realism. How can any fractional reduction in energy consumption or carbon dioxide (CO2) output in a small region of well-off America make a noticeable difference while mammoth developing nations such as China and India go on a rampage of power plant...
So whether or not Harvard reaches zero emissions, or the Undergraduate Council’s recommendation of 11 percent reduction by 2020, the most important impact of any green project will radiate from the campus in the form of a greener lifestyle embedded in the minds and hearts of graduates...