Word: reductionisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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It seemed almost the perfect job for the savvy Washington lawyer. Carter has made nuclear arms reduction one of the top goals of his Administration, and Warnke is certainly a leading champion of that cause. But for a number of congressional hawks, the nomination was anything but ideal. They fear...
Budget Baiter. Although the memo's charges are untrue, Warnke has offered some questionable proposals in his time. In the spring 1975 issue of Foreign Policy, for instance, he urged that the U.S. temporarily suspend further development of some of its advanced weapons in order to set an example...
Warnke's opponents on the Hill are also angered by his unrelenting criticism of the Pentagon. In 1968, while serving as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs under President Lyndon Johnson, he urged a reduction in the level of U.S. fighting in Viet Nam and a halt...
Her philosophy may not have produced a strong team finish for the Harvard swimmers, but it did result in many personal-best times for the aqua-women. Walsh said the reduction in pressure helped the women loosen up and as a result they swam "quite well."
The most sharply debated aspect of the program is whether a rebate will increase demand enough to boost the economy substantially. Critics contend that it will require a big permanent reduction in individual income taxes, not a mere $50 per person, to persuade consumers to buy big-ticket items such...