Word: reductionism
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I have never seen a presidential campaign in which the strategies of the two parties are so different, and so dreadful. The Republican strategy is to demolish Kerry, posit the President as a man of simple strength and do everything possible to avoid a discussion of Iraq or the effects...
As crude-oil prices soared to record levels in July, South Korea's flagship airline, Korean Air, established a nine-member fuel-management team charged with a single purpose: contain escalating fuel costs by wringing every last bit of mileage out of their aircraft. One idea the team floated during...
Charles also ran the Air Reduction Company, which produced and sold high-purity oxygen, and which is still doing big business under the name AircoInc. During World War II, he served as an executive of the government?s War Production Board, which in months converted America?s peacetime economy to...
So far, gains have been negligible. "We've declared war on road accidents, but we've lost the first four battles in that war," says Nikorn Jamnong, Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications, referring to the lack of a meaningful reduction in the death toll during four preceding major holidays...
That is one reason Intel has been bandying markets about for more than two years but has yet to implement them in a real-world scenario. It's not for lack of good results. In a laboratory experiment run with M.I.T.'s Malone, Intel used a market to make a...