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“But we also have to think about the complex moral decisions and the rationales as to why students go into these careers, and how that is informed by their racial and class backgrounds.”

But he warned attempts to widen the scope of the legislation could lead to it being "hijacked for purposes that may undermine the rationale" for it.

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“We think HBM competitiveness matters for the AI narrative underpinning the rationale for a higher multiple, but is more likely to hold back earnings in the near term as pricing is more stable,” Moore wrote.

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Some observers point to the sorry condition of our federal finances as a rationale for cutting Social Security and Medicare, not to mention programs for the most vulnerable, such as Medicaid and SNAP.

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The government’s stated rationale for targeting schools was to stop harassment of Jewish students, and Yale took stronger action against pro-Palestinian campus activists compared with some peers.

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