Word: reductionism
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During his visit to Okinawa, Okada appeared to back off on that idea, agreeing a move to Kadena would be acceptable only if noise-reduction measures were taken.
Library expenditures grew by 25 percent between 2004 and 2008, and the libraries experienced heavy budget cuts last year after both the University endowment and the dollar fell, leading the Harvard College Library—the largest unit within the system—to seek a $12 million cost reduction...
Most countries in Asia have signed on to the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which calls for price and tax measures to discourage demand for tobacco, along with measures to regulate or restrict tobacco advertising, sales to minors, packaging and product content. "The tobacco industry...
Behind Hatoyama's flip-flops is contradictory advice from top aides. Some are telling him to stick to fiscal austerity to mollify voters' fear of ever-larger deficits - a public concern that could hurt the DPJ's chances of winning a majority in crucial July 2010 elections for the Diet...
There is also a growing sense that the President's inexperience is beginning to show - not in his overall policy, which represents the views of a broad, moderate national-security consensus ranging from Brent Scowcroft to John Kerry, but in his execution of the details. The Afghan strategy review has...