Word: reductionism
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The latest development of the naval limitation programme at Washington is the proposal that the 1922 class at Annapolis be dropped next June without commissions. The House naval committee has made an informal recommendation to this effect in an attempt to achieve the necessary reduction in personnel. The committee proposes...
Robert Wormser '22, President of the Student Liberal Club, will represent the University on a committee chosen from 300,000 men and women of American colleges which will, on Monday, February 20, confer with President Harding at the White House and will pledge their support to sustained efforts on the...
Ships of American registry are compelled by law to operate under heavier costs than ships of other nations, since certain provisions concerning wages, quarters, and other conditions affecting the crew, designed to protect the rights of seamen, result in higher labor costs. A few of these regulations impose unnecessary restrictions...
The one way in which the advantage to foreign nations of lower labor costs may be offset, is a reduction of the insurance rate below that which obtains in other countries. A huge combination of private companies might conceivably be able to insure at lower rates, and still make a...
But it is also true that the Washington assembly has built a firm basis for future constructive conferences. One has only to recall the acclaim awarded Secretary Hughes's opening speech and then consider the fulfilment of the proposals outlined therein, to fully realize the monumental achievement of the delegates...