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...fudge sundaes and still lose weight," insists Carol Cox, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Take long-term interest rates. They are set by market forces that weigh, in part, the seriousness of the federal commitment to deficit reduction. Putting it bluntly, the surest way to drive up interest rates would be for President Simon to declare that his balanced-budget pledge depends on lowering them...
...Muller had anticipated, other physicists were skeptical. For one thing, the IBM scientists had lacked the sensitive equipment to test for the Meissner effect, the surest proof of superconductivity, and thus could not confirm it in their report. More important, in a field where improvements of a few degrees were reason for celebration, this great a temperature leap seemed unlikely. Douglas Finnemore, a physicist at Iowa State University, admits that he was among the doubters. "Our group read the paper," he says. "We held a meeting and decided there was nothing...
...surest way to reach a fair decision in any dispute is to hear both sides of the argument. By allowing students to present their side of the story if they are dissatisfied with their Senior Tutor's presentation of their case, the Ad Board can only increase students' confidence in Harvard's disciplinary system...
...This plaque is our surest bet to influence tenure," said former Vice Chairman Steven B. Smith...
...government of Charles de Gaulle. But unlike the 1968 rioters, who were engaged in an ideological battle against "bourgeois society," this year's protesters had a strong economic motive. With nearly 30% of those ages 18 to 25 unemployed, the French young increasingly view a college diploma as the surest passport, perhaps the only passport, to a good job and a secure future. Many felt that the Chirac proposals would undermine what is meant to be an egalitarian educational system by making it more difficult for some to enter college and thus eventually to win good-paying jobs. Said...