Word: reflective
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...speaks with a Southern lilt, one has a Boston brogue, one a patrician richness, one a Western twang. They represent four different regions of the country, reflect four distinct personal styles and stand for four divergent political traditions. Their total years in the nation's service come to 128, and with their retirement this year, they are each closing a chapter in the history of Congress. Russell Long of Louisiana is the sharp, smooth-talking, back-room Senate insider; Barry Goldwater is the quixotic loner whose conservatism was ahead of its time; Charles McC. Mathias of Maryland...
According to a major new study, conducted by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and released this week, such careerist replies reflect the views of 90% of U.S. high school students and 88% of parents on the prime purpose of a college education. Only 28% of parents and 27% of high school students see college as a place to become a more thoughtful citizen. Nor were faculty more sanguine. "My students," commented a professor, "have no idea what scholarship in my department is all about...
...order to make sure that undergraduates are clear about the purpose of their counseling organization, the students running Eating Problems Outreach have changed the group's name to reflect its goals a little more clearly...
...over the incredible blow dealt to his with-probability-anything-can-be-accurately-simula ted mentality, he decided not to write about 'printing your way to term-paper heaven'. (Tune in next week for that.) Meanwhile, the Happy Hacker feels like digressing about several computer sports programs that reflect reality better than the aforementioned World Series. On TV, a game is just a game, but on your computer screen, it can truly be an adventure...
Buchanan is one of the leading spokesmen of the "public-choice" school, which applies the discipline of economics to the study of political decision making. Governments reflect the actions and choices of politicians, Buchanan argues, just as markets operate through the decisions of consumers who buy and sell goods. His theories help to explain the growth of budget deficits. Members of Congress are primarily motivated by a desire to get re-elected, Buchanan assumes. "Their natural proclivity is to spend more and not tax," he says. The result: a "regime of permanent budget deficits." The cure, Buchanan contends...