Word: reductionism
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Mr. Fechtner concluded by saying that any wage reduction led to a bad economic situation, since with less money the people bought fewer commodities, thereby creating a "vicious circle"
After the address, Mr. Fechtner explained in a short interview the workman's point of view in the Waltham strike, of which he was a leader. "During the past two years", said Mr. Fechtner, "the wages have been reduced 40 percent. When it was announced that there would be a...
Owing to such conflicts, armaments reduction conferences have increasingly become "a kind of ritual." Political problems are not discussed directly, yet they play an important part in any negotiations. Morgenthau did see some hope, however, in the suspended Geneva talks on the cessation of atomic testing. These discussions, he commented...
A daily special of two different types of rabbit—leg stewed with spring greens and loin stuffed with mushrooms and wrapped in pancetta—was superb. The stew in particular was a juicy and soft-tangled reduction, perfectly offset by the bite of the greens, and will...
That is the bare-bones version of the story. Many scientists think more than that was needed to put Antarctica in its present deep freeze. Among their favorite candidates: a reduction of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, notably carbon dioxide. Supporting this idea are the provocative data scientists pulled from an...