Word: reductionism
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The usual way to test the economic pulse in a downturn is to go for a stroll down Main Street. Perhaps we should take to the high seas instead. There may be no better measure of the reach, depth and potential duration of the global economic slowdown than the fast...
The number of people sentenced to death has been falling nationally since a peak of about 300 a year in the 1990s, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, to 115 people in 2007. The reduction comes as more states, such as New York, New Jersey and Illinois have passed...
Working with the manufacturer of the slow-release naltrexone, Dr. Sandra Lapham of the Behavioral Health Research Center of the Southwest, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, reanalyzed data from earlier studies, teasing out findings that specifically focused on the drug's effectiveness during 10 U.S. holidays. Comparing patients who received the...
He also asked the Kennedy School’s departments to prepare two additional budgets for 2010—one with a 5 percent reduction in expenses and one with a 10 percent reduction—in addition to their planned budgets.
“What we have to do is plan for expense reduction,” Smith said. “Everyone look at their budgets and tell me what they can possibly do.”