Word: summed
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Currently, the school is running a University-wide capital campaign with a goal of $2.1 billion, a sum unprecedented in academia. To reach that goal, in the words of President Neil L. Rudenstine, "will require the University to raise $1 million...
...politics need not be a zero-sum game, in which G.O.P. gains always mean black losses. Despite their obvious differences, the two groups share much common ground, and given the power that Gingrich wields, it makes sense to bargain with him. Growing numbers of blacks have become restive within the Democratic Party, which they feel takes their votes for granted. There is more talk than ever these days about ways to increase black political independence. Many blacks who now vote Democratic are much more in tune with Republican positions on social issues. "Republicans at this time are standing for some...
...NAFTA will be good to Mexico following this devaluation, but this does not mean that it will be bad for us. Trade is not a zero-sum game; now that we are in a free-trade zone, we benefit when Mexico benefits. And isn't that partly the goal of NAFTA anyway; to help improve life in Mexico through trade? We should enjoy our new connections with Mexico and be glad that we are in a position to help the country out of its currency crisis through trade and investment...
...same effect in a pre-NAFTA world, NAFTA's lower trade barriers would magnify it. But whether this is bad news depends on which side of the NAFTA debate you bought to begin with: Is Mexico's gain America's loss, or is trade a non-zero-sum game, in which both sides win more than they lose? Events of 1994 tend to support the latter case...
...entries on our best and worst lists, you would think one would perfectly sum up the year 1994. Love! Valour! Compassion!, the title of Terrence McNally's new play, No. 2 on our Theater list, doesn't really do it; but would the top choice, Three Tall Women by Edward Albee, serve any better? Supermodel Nadja Auermann, the stratospheric antiwaif, does appear on the People list -- but that's only one tall woman. As for the other lists -- yes, Lutoslawski's symphonies are beautiful, and Andre Agassi showed unwonted grit at the U.S. Open, and The Lion King features...