Weaning
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The President plans to wean the poor from their dependency on welfare.
Does he remember the story of the man who weaned his horse from dependency on food? He did it by giving it smaller and smaller portions until success was in sight--the portions were down to near zero. But just then the dumb animal keeled over and died.
JULIUS OBLATT
Dana Point
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