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... problems to reach crisis proportions and in other cases has caused us to miss opportunities for improving the quality of life for Americans . For example , we failed to see that many of our policies contributed to the deterioration of ...
... problems to reach crisis proportions and in other cases has caused us to miss opportunities for improving the quality of life for Americans . For example , we failed to see that many of our policies contributed to the deterioration of ...
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... problems that has to be tackled here is , how do we get the executive and the legislative branch working more effectively and closely together so that we can have an intelligent existing policy ? We happen to be in a period that is a ...
... problems that has to be tackled here is , how do we get the executive and the legislative branch working more effectively and closely together so that we can have an intelligent existing policy ? We happen to be in a period that is a ...
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... problems can be dealt with in isolation . Even if you take all facets of a problem and its interrelations within the country , then you have got the international situation . The reason we have inflation and recession and unemployment ...
... problems can be dealt with in isolation . Even if you take all facets of a problem and its interrelations within the country , then you have got the international situation . The reason we have inflation and recession and unemployment ...
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... problems that cut across just exactly as the Executive has got to cut across all lines . And we , in a sense , have built a structure that has served us well but which now inhibits the kind of thinking that you are talk- ing about ...
... problems that cut across just exactly as the Executive has got to cut across all lines . And we , in a sense , have built a structure that has served us well but which now inhibits the kind of thinking that you are talk- ing about ...
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... problems of America by dealing with things that have happened . You want to anticipate them and shape them to avoid the crisis and really to maximize and shape change so that it benefits all . Now that takes the long view , the kind of ...
... problems of America by dealing with things that have happened . You want to anticipate them and shape them to avoid the crisis and really to maximize and shape change so that it benefits all . Now that takes the long view , the kind of ...
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