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Word: reductlo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1972-1972
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...quota allotment could reach dangerously divisive-or absurd-levels. During the debate over the nomination of G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court, it was Senator Roman Hruska who suggested that since there are so many mediocre Americans, mediocrity deserves representation on the highest bench. That doubtless is the reductlo ad absurdum of the quota argument...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISSUES '72: Quarrel Over Quotas | 10/9/1972 | See Source »

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