Word: succumbs
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UPSET BY RISING taxes and angered by the inefficiency of state government, Bay State voters seem in a mood to approve Question 2 on next Tuesday's ballot, a tax-cutting referendum popularly known as Proposition 2 1/2. Should they succumb to that temptation, however, they would be virtually extinguishing local government in the Commonwealth, trusting only to faint hopes for tax reform to save Massachusetts from disaster...
UPSET BY RISING taxes and angered by the inefficiency of state government. Bay State voters seem in a mood to approve Question Two on next Tuesday's ballot, a taxcutting referendum popularly known as Proposition 2 1/2. Should they succumb to that temptation, however, they would be virtually extinguishing local government in the Commonwealth, trusting only to faint hopes for tax reform to save Massachusetts from disaster...
...detached observer will justifiably wonder what all the fuss is about. Surely an enlightened, well-educated populace would want its own constitution, complete with a Bill of Rights and the principle of equality at its center. But a vast country with a heritage of regionalism does not easily succumb to more powerful federal government. The western provinces, newly-rich in oil, have long resented eastern industrial eities like Toronto, which for a long time held an inordinate piece of the economic pie. The Maritime provinces, traditionally the weakest economically, fear that greater centralization could jeopardize their already tenuous position...
Many junior faculty at Harvard and elsewhere succumb to the same pressures as Klein's students, in search not of grades but of the elusive academic grail, tenure. Klein insists it's not a trap she will let herself fall into; ask her about her chances for tenure, and she will reply: "Zero. I don't think I could take any other kind of perspective on it. My way of coping with this place is to really work on developing the very best record that I possibly can so that when my tenure decision comes up I will be able...
Many junior faculty at Harvard and elsewhere succumb to the same pressures as Klein's students, in search not of grades but of the elusive academic grail, tenure. Klein insists it's not a trap she will let herself fall into; ask her about her chances for tenure, and she will reply: "Zero. I don't think I could take any other kind of perspective on it. My way of coping with this place is to really work on developing the very best record that I possibly can so that when my tenure decision comes up I will be able...