Word: reductionism
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In the wake of the summer’s subprime mortgage meltdown, Harvard economists are divided on the course of action Federal Reserve Chair Ben S. Bernanke ’75 should take at the Fed’s upcoming policy meeting. Subprime mortgages—loans which banks make...
Whenever they begin, then, the withdrawals are unlikely to last very long. Many experts believe the threat of a wider civil war - and the regional instability that would follow - means that the U.S. cannot afford to reduce its presence in Iraq much below 130,000 troops for the next year...
Petraeus and Crocker have been the best soldier and the best diplomat to serve the U.S. in Iraq. But they see the situation from different perspectives, and their ideas about what to do next may differ as well. The Petraeus testimony seems obvious. He will emphasize the Sunni success, the...
The regional government has promised to eradicate the plague in five weeks by burning fields, distributing poison, and clearing nests. But earlier this week a German biologist hired to assist with the endeavor told El País newspaper that he had doubts about the plan. In Fresno el Viejo...
Bombardier and ATR figured out how to quiet the beast, although the Q400's 15-second drone on takeoff caused a recent flyer to initially doubt the improved 76-seater. Once the plane is cruising, though, Bombardier's noise-and-vibration-reduction system (cousin to technology used in submarines) monitors...