Word: axing
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...band provided lush backing to her slightly raspy, occasionally soulful vocals. The performance set the stage for the rest of the night: behind the ethereal music and her slightly quirky vocals, the band rocked out, with her guitarist seeming even to borrow some moves from R.E.M. axe-man Peter Buck...
Both McElwee and Burden agree, though, that the partisans’ position outside the more traditional sphere of documentary is not especially relevant. A director with an “axe to grind” is not necessary, says Burden, but it is not a disqualifying characteristic either, as “no documentary is completely impartial since it must present a limited set of facts...
...Latham's been unfairly caned for wielding what is really a tiny axe, the more salubrious private schools are feeling misunderstood, too. Lost in the buzz about high fees is the fact that every school on Latham's list is a not-for-profit institution. In Australia, no one gets rich owning or running private schools. "Governments fund students, not schools," says I.S.C.A.'s Daniels. Education consultant Gregory Heath says that Latham's platform is "just part of the mix ... it won't swing the election." By reviving an issue that inflames passions like few others, however, Latham has made...
...1930s Shanghai, the film is about the attempts of the notorious Axe Gang to prey on the poor people of Pig Sty Alley?people who happen to have preternatural prowess in martial arts. You'll find characters to root for (the gentle baker, the mincing tailor, the irascible landlady) and to hiss (the zither-playing assassins, the chorus line of dapper thugs, the mild-looking elderly gent they call The Beast). Chow not only casts himself on the wrong side, as a gangster wannabe, he also takes a supporting role and doesn't grab center screen until a climactic fight...
...since 1980, to the point where 1 in every 4.3 French citizens now works for the government and the salaries of these fonctionnaires now eat up 43% of the national budget. Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy says reducing government employees is "a major objective," and has already announced plans to axe 5,000 tax inspectors. For an élite group of French men and women, the most egregious tax is the "solidarity tax on fortunes," probably the world's broadest tax on wealth, rather than income. Enacted in its current form in 1988 under François Mitterrand...