Word: tradeoffs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...George W. Bush has ventured far enough out of smile-and-wave mode to make some noises along McConnell's line ? make a CPI adjustment to the current hard-money limits and require full disclosure of contributors. "If a grand compromise is made," says Carney, "that could be the tradeoff: a soft-money ban in exchange for more hard money." That's still a long way from "one man, one vote" ? the rich will still get all the access when their man wins ? but maybe the influence wouldn't be as widespread, and as party-driven...
...Most faculty people require lengthening the paper--the philosophy is you want to kill two birds with one stone," said Nguyen. "They hate to see someone take the easy way out, I think that is the tradeoff...
...tradeoff: the sound quality over the Internet isn't quite as high as those of direct-dialed calls...
Cramped spaces and malfunctioning computers went with the territory in the old building, but there was a tradeoff...
...week of August, cutting short internships and jobs that expect you to go through Labor Day. Further, many professors moan, starting before Labor Day would cut short their time on the Cape and at the Vineyard. However, starting in August, as most other Ivy-Leaguers do, seems a worthwhile tradeoff for finishing the semester before vacation, internships and the Vineyard notwithstanding. It would even be acceptable to shave four days off reading period and a few days off finals to allow us to begin a little later in the summer, still end early and have reading period in the middle...