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Whether or not the decision was wise, the way in which it was reached illustrated a danger in Reagan's decision-making system: the President often gets a slightly skewed view of the world from his advisers, who present to him not the arguments they really believe but those that can be fitted into the Reagan cosmology. Stockman's true objection to the highway program had little to do with New Federalism; he believes that revenues from higher taxes (or "user fees") should be devoted to reducing the budget deficit rather than financing new spending. But he knew that argument...
...poor nations through education and self-help programs. Granted, there is a need to redress the communications imbalance, but to do so with a document that threatens freedom of the press, splits universal support and spells potential disaster for a worthy international organization seems absolutely foolish. UNESCO would be wise to see the proposed "new information order" for the facade for government control of the media that it really is. Otherwise, it could wind up having the plugs pulled on any new presses it wishes...
...root of the problem lies with the operetta itself. The Harvard group would have been wise to follow the example of other G&S troupes, which seldom if ever mount this little-known work by the famous duo. As a matter of fact, the story of the colonization of Utopia and its incorporation into Utopia Limited borders on the inane and tedious. Not only do the lyrics and score lack the crisp wit and euphonic melodies that characterize most G&S operettas, but also most of the satire falls flat in front of an American audience. It isn't until...
...serves notice to Pretoria that apartheid must go. And it encourages more than 30 American firms to reconsider both the moral and financial wisdom of maintaining businesses in South Africa. If the Bay State's action reveals a romantic outlook, it is a romanticism that the University would be wise to adopt...
...spite of his image concerns, Harvard experts said say de la Madrid would be wise to rely on his MPA training. Womack calls his task of reinvigorating the Mexican economy, now in its worst recession in more than 50 years, "very much like the kinds of stuff you learn how to do in the Kennedy School...