Word: reductionism
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When drinking is legal, they argue, it takes place in the open, where it can be supervised by police, security guards and even health-care workers. When the drinking age went up, the spigot wasn't turned off, it was simply moved underground--to homes or cars or frat-house...
If competitive systems like Enron's have a weakness, it's that they can stir suspicion and discourage teamwork. If I help you, you'll get a better rank than I will. Challenger tells of a manager who recently had to rank all his people in preparation for a 10...
As it did in the last round of debt reduction, Princeton University set the benchmark by replacing all student loans with grants in January. This move was soon followed by Harvard's February announcement that it would grant financial aid recipients an additional $2,000 to apply towards the self...
You could argue that the Jeffords switch signaled the end of the Democrats? freedom. Until the Vermont Senator jumped ship from the GOP, the Dems were the toothless underdogs, growling angrily but harmlessly at Trent Lott and his committee chairmen as they back-pedaled all over President Clinton?s legacy...
That doesn't mean the Dems are without grounds in battling Bush on tax cuts. The bulk of the Senate plan, which Bush favors, produces 62% of the tax savings more than five years from now. The main near-term relief comes in the form of a reduction in the...