Word: sequesterment
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It's trend that seems to be reflected beyond the walls of the Harvard community. The citizens of Massachusetts--and across the nation--have grown weary of "politics as usual," of the failed expectations and broken promises of yet another presidential administration. It is this frustration that has ignited a...
Every year, it's the same old story. Late at night, on the eve of shopping period, Harvard students sequester themselves in their rooms to ponder the answer to a weighty question: which four courses truly warrant the expense of my considerable intellectual capital?
A breakthrough seemed imminent early last week when one of George Bush's most controversial proposals -- to reduce the capital-gains-tax rate, ostensibly to stimulate economic growth -- fell from the table. First, Senate ; G.O.P. leader Bob Dole broke with the White House by proposing that capital gains be separated...
George Bush brandished the sequester threat in his address to Congress last week. The President's original plan was to use the occasion to unveil a bipartisan "50/500" deal, which would pare $50 billion from the 1991 deficit and $500 billion over five years. For a while, everything seemed to...
His firm rhetoric, fluently delivered after four rehearsals and some coaching from image maven Roger Ailes, radiated statesmanship. A compromise, he maintained, was needed not only for the country's economic health but also to permit the U.S. "to function effectively as a great power abroad" -- a potent argument at...