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Dynamics of progress: the Pacific that John Keats' stout Cortez (actually, it was fat Balboa) beheld has become the Pacific Rim, and out over the horizon the Sandwich Islands have turned into an American state, Hawaii, where men may marry each other now. American fast food will gobble up China. The planet contracts to the size of a grape...
Like Rocky Balboa, the movie boxer, the plan to change the federal tax system keeps coming back for more punishment. Just when the idea has been battered to the canvas, it struggles to its feet again. Last week reform went another round, this time energized by a fresh proposal from the House Ways and Means Committee. Some of the populist ideals found in the Reagan Administration's two earlier proposals remain alive in this one. The bill would cut tax rates, close loopholes, give relief to millions of working poor people and make corporations carry a greater share...
What began as an epic bout between Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed in the first two periods soon turned into Apollo vs. Drago in the third, and the Crimson was not playing the role of the Russian...
Boxing used to be a sport that people who needed their teeth avoided. Now lots of famous faces are jumping on the boxing bandwagon, including Rocky Balboa. Have these people forgotten the Rocky sequels...
...NOAH BALBOA...