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...which amounts to less than 2% of the overall annual budget. Bush spent part of his news conference trying to make the argument that his veto threat is based on principle, not partisan politics, by stressing that he made similar warnings to G.O.P. leaders when they controlled Congress. "You bet I'm going to put veto threats out,"Bush said. "Of course, I want to remind you, I put a lot of veto threats out when the Republicans were in control of Congress. I said, 'Now, if you overspend I'm going to veto your bills,' and they listened...
Lederer responded by saying that, while luck is involved in many hands of poker, he was still willing to bet that skill is the main factor in deciding who wins or loses a game...
...contained “coarse and vulgar language,” but “unless the book is entirely lacking in social importance, it cannot be held obscene.” Yet 50 years later, the threat of a six-figure fine has no radio station willing to bet on the poem’s social importance. While it seems unbelievable, the threat of large fines is enough to give any radio programmer, including the more adventurous college DJ, pause.FERLINGHETTI SCAREI should note here that my co-writer, Evan L. Hanlon, is off this week—these...
...rise of talented new film makers such as Chak De India scriptwriter Jaideep Saini and Khosla Ka Ghosla director Dibakar Banerjee. At the same time, established stars are becoming more open to trying different roles - as Khan did in Chak De India. Producers are also more willing to bet their money on innovative scripts, in part because of an interesting change to the way Indian films are financed. Traditionally, a big part of Bollywood's funding has come from the Mumbai underworld laundering its ill-gotten gains. To try to assure profits, underworld backers insisted on tried-and-tested formulas...
...that comic over there? He SUCS. Bet you never heard that as a compliment. But among those familiar with Harvard Stand-Up Comic Society (HSUCS), it’s considered high praise indeed. HARVARD: SUCS-ING SINCE JANUARY 2007While the club was originally recognized at the beginning of 2007, its founding members—alumnus David W. Ingber ’07 and Harrison R. Greenbaum ’08—were already participating in a growing comedic presence on Harvard’s campus. Greenbaum, a magician by trade who was later bitten by the stand...