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...left to assume, of course, that this part of the day comes precisely between the hours of 1:00 and 8:00 a.m. We have no quarrel with the Masters’ desire to build a sense of community. But the idea that residents are awash in a sea of House spirit while they sleep, party and do whatever else people do during the dead of night is, well, just a little bit hard to believe...
When President Bush sent forth his budget proposal this week to be debated by Congress, he sent a message to the nation by showing his fiscal priorities. Some programs are undergoing spending cuts, while others will be awash in new programs that fulfill promises made on the campaign trail. But amidst the debates over our chief executive’s financial plan, one program has been essentially abolished without the appropriate outrage from our nation’s public interest watchdog groups: the White House Internship Program...
...awash in a sea of guns. Williams' father had eight of them. The father of Elizabeth Burns, the eighth-grader who shot a classmate in Williamsport, Pa., had 12 guns. Add to this the fact that we are a culture that has abrogated decent parenting and is addicted to violent media trash. The consequence is tragedies waiting to happen. RUTH ROSEN Santa Monica, Calif...
...sensational stage effects create a realism that puts Hollywood to shame, but Hockney understood that Die Zauberflöte is not about realism, and his vision transported the packed house from the banalities of real life into a divine fantasy realm. The stage, adorned with simple painted backdrops, was awash in pastels, and the singers wore brightly colored costumes (sky blue and gold for Sarastro and his priests, green and red for Tamino). Even the moments of melodrama weren’t allowed to take themselves seriously. The dangerous monster that nearly kills the protagonist during the opera?...
...battle of amendments continued on Wednesday, Cheney stayed on the sidelines - and not because the White House was suddenly awash in converts. The Senate voted 53-47 in favor of an amendment by proposal by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) to take $450 billion of tax-cut money and redirect $225 billion to federal education programs and another $225 billion to debt repayment...