Word: reductionism
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It has been six years since the east asian crisis began - a sudden collapse of the currencies followed by recession and depression. From East Asia, it spread around the world until some feared the global economy itself might be approaching collapse. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) came charging to the...
As the Massachusetts state college system starts its academic year, it will be dealing with some crippling losses—sharp budget cuts that include reduced support for community colleges. But there is at least one reduction that will actually provide a boost to the university: the loss of William...
Stress reduction, life extension and transitory states of bliss are worthy pursuits but not the true, historical purpose of meditation. In Zen Buddhist parlance, it is a way to resolve the "great matter" of birth and death, by allowing the practitioner to bear witness to the indestructible, birthless, deathless self...
Meanwhile, Wendy Kopp has 3,200 TFA members recruited so far who will not be receiving scholarship money this year. More broadly, AmeriCorps itself faces a reduction from approximately 55,000 to 35,000 members. Just before the summer recess, the Senate passed a $100 million appropriation to restore these...
President Bill Clinton's reduction of military forces is well known. Are the numbers quoted by Buzz Patterson in his book Dereliction of Duty correct? If so then wouldn't it be reasonable to assume President Clinton is responsible for our weakened state? Guy Tansley Lowell, Ore.