Word: tactically
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...ills are not the result of the actions of “a few bad [corporate] apples,” but rather the product of a generally problematic system. Thus, insofar as ethical consumerism’s effects are limited to these figureheads, as a general tactic it is clearly insufficient...
...adding a no-confidence motion to the Feb. 28 Faculty meeting’s agenda, Judith Ryan, the Weary professor of German and comparative literature, is using a tactic from parliamentary systems and applying it to Harvard governance. But if Harvard were to follow parliamentary confidence-vote procedures to their full extent, then Ryan’s motion could cause the dissolution of the Faculty itself. In the United Kingdom and other parliamentary democracies, prime ministers who lose no-confidence votes have two options. “A government cannot operate effectively unless it can command a majority within...
...tactic is to be like George Bush’s weapons of mass destruction,” quipped Eric P. Lesser ’07, the president of the Democrats, “Silent, deadly, and hard to find...
...seems very clear that the Iranians really don’t want to negotiate, and that some sort of different tactic is necessary. Because the Iranians have diffused their nuclear enrichment operations in numerous different sites, a military solution seems unlikely. However the United States can, and should, do a far better job of encouraging domestic opposition to the mullah’s theocracy. There is substantial opposition to the Islamic republic, especially among the younger generation that constitutes the majority of the Iranian population. Despite the popular conception of Iran as a nation of frothing America-haters, Iranian youth...
...Indian policy through their example of growth led by massive quantities of investment and booming low-cost exports. "The threat of China is doing some good," O'Neill said. He pointed out that India has been changing its domestic rules in a bid to attract more foreign investment, a tactic which he labels "a direct product of being envious of how much investment China is getting." The one caveat: while he expects the Chinese economy to grow by a factor of 20 between now and 2050, India will be 50 times bigger - but will still lose...