Word: reductionism
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¶Senator Lodge, Republican floor leader of the Senate, had lunch at the White House and remained for two hours discussing the prospects of tax reduction by the next Congress. THE PRESIDENCY
Mr. McAdoo's announcement was hardly more than an admission; it was not coupled with a platform. He promised that in the course of several speeches which he was planning his position would be made clear. One point of his stand, however, he expressed; he favors tax reduction and...
This announcement materially strengthened the chances of the Mellon plan. In spite of declarations to the contrary, Congressmen in general know pretty well that a tax cut and bonus are incompatible. Accordingly those legislators who are committed to the bonus can now vote for it with assurance that it will...
3) Failure to repass the bill over the President's veto. This will probably take place in the Senate, where the bonus advocates claimed a bare two-thirds vote. Two Senators were reported to have abandoned the bonus cause, following the publication of the tax reduction plan.
¶ Some atoms are " explosive" or radioactive, throwing off minute projectiles traveling at a speed of several thousand miles a second. The nucleus undergoes reduction after these explosions, and it is even possible to measure its changes.