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...primary message of Bloom's book, The Closing of the American Mind, is that "education in its true meaning is an elite phenomenon," since "wide distribution [of it] becomes tantamount to [its] devaluation," Cremin said...
...conclusion of his speech, in which he lambasted the move to diversify the curriculum at Stanford as tantamount to an attack by barbarians, he opened the floor to questions...
...accept interest payments in line with the loans' discounted value. Author John Kenneth Galbraith and Harvard economist Jeffrey Sachs call for the Latin Americans to declare moratoriums on their current interest payments and pay only as much as they can afford. For some nations the plan would be tantamount to debt forgiveness, which would force banks to write off the loan- loss reserves they have set aside against the possibility of defaults. But countries that have tried to declare moratoriums, like Peru and Brazil, have learned they merely forfeit all chance of fresh credit. Yet another plan, advocated by James...
...Marking time in international affairs, especially in the domain of arms limitation and reduction, is tantamount not only to loss of time but to backsliding," it said...
Despite these drawbacks, White's book is an effective attack on the cigarette industry. Its purpose is not to campaign against smoking, it is to campaign against those who promote it. And that is because he views their policies as tantamount to death...