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...Shot on location in the actual village inhabited by the Duras family, The Sea Wall tempers its denunciation of colonialism with personal melodrama and the disillusionment of a poor white colonist, who once believed in France's mission civilisatrice but has realized the harsh truth of empire-building. Its 115 minutes feel overlong at times, but given the fact that most moviegoers' impressions of this period and place were formed by the 1992 Academy Award - winning fantasy Indochine, the visceral reality check provided by The Sea Wall is novel - and welcome...
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Inserting some wait time between the decision to spend money and the actual spending of it is another strategy. Write out a shopping list in advance, then keep to it, says certified credit counselor Alberta Gibbs. Whenever you want to get anything expensive--maybe $100 is your cutoff--don't do it right away. Give yourself a 24- or 48-hour cooling-off period, says Yale University behavioral economist Dean Karlan. If you still want the shoes--or the video game or the wineglasses--a day or two later, then allow yourself to head to the store...
...Voters says that Prop 1A would "make it more difficult for future governors and legislatures to enact budgets that meet California's needs and address state priorities" and "could lock in a reduced level of public services by not taking proper account of the state's changing demographics and actual growth in costs." The Legislative Analyst wrote, "The fiscal effects of Proposition 1A are particularly difficult to assess...