Word: reductionisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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A moderate cut in that form is unlikely to satisfy the Democrats. They are already committed to push for a comprehensive tax package of reductions aimed at offering relief to lower-and middle-income families and repeal of corporate tax privileges and various tax shelters that they believe serve no...
Cutting Hair. The Finance Ministry estimates that annual oil revenues by 1981 will be roughly 2½ times what the economy can absorb. The government can spend some of its excess profits on social services. It can also reduce its steep income taxes (now ranging up to 90%). But University...
The Vladivostok accord as spelled out by the President is certainly better than if disagreement had resulted and no limits were to be placed on strategic offensive weapons. The limits are not as low as we wanted. I include in the word we the U.S. Defense establishment, which I understand...
Inconvenient Army. Most columnists' predictions are forgotten in a matter of days or weeks. Walter Lippmann's were not, and even admirers cherished his occasional blunders, perhaps to reassure themselves that he was human. He undervalued F.D.R.'s abilities and failed to take Hitler very seriously until...
The law also works. In checks along 30 one-mile-long sections of roads in July 1973, the Washington state highways department picked up an average of 1,080 items of litter per mile. Now it is gathering only about 100 items per mile-a reduction of more than 90...