Word: reductionism
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Bush's private investment accounts, combined with a reduction in benefits or higher taxes, is one way for baby boomers to lighten the burden of our retirement upon our children. There are other ways, but none without pain. A far more profitable-and absolutely necessary-reform would be a market...
services company, says it broke no rules, but it's under investigation by German prosecutors and British regulators, and the company has put the traders involved on leave of absence. Last week European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet called for a "thorough" inquiry, while newspapers published internal memos that...
New York City residents make about 41,000 calls to 311 every day. The largest complaint? Noise. That may not seem surprising for big-city life, but what 311 revealed was that the biggest racket came from construction sites and barking dogs--not bars and restaurants, as neighborhood groups had...
For years, a small handful of students have earned law degrees and doctorates from Harvard, but without any formal arrangement or a reduction in total courseload.
The report, part of the ongoing Nurses' Health Study, tracked the folate intake of nearly 94,000 women ages 27 to 44 over eight years and found that those who consumed at least 1,000 micrograms a day had a 46% lower risk of high blood pressure than women who...