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Patience requires a bit of distance, so let's stand back for a moment. Barack Obama was elected President because the governing philosophy of the last 30 years, arrant Reaganism, had proved itself bankrupt. Reaganism was distinguished by four characteristics--at least, according to its own mythology: the belief that government was "the problem" and so less of it was better, tax-cutting (for the wealthy), deregulation and an insistence on military strength as the primary projection of American authority overseas. These were, in some cases, fantasy attributes: After lowering taxes in 1981, Reagan raised them...
...bit of a crush on Julia Roberts, it has to be said. She's smart, she's funny, and she's incredibly grounded. And she has a very wicked sense of humor. Some of the dialogue in Closer--to be saying that to America's sweetheart! Part of the reason I adore her is she was so brilliant working on that film. It's very dangerous material, and those scenes are emotionally brutal. She made it as easy as possible...
...Soderbergh, in Full Frontal and Ocean's Twelve. (Addressing the self-spoofing, she told Allure recently, "I'm just lazy. It's so easy.") In 2004, just before her motherhood-necessitated work slowdown, she veered into intriguing adult territory with Owen in Closer, projecting a chilliness that felt a bit forced but suggested she was willing to forgo audience adulation...
...really this sort of thing that we were given that we had to modify,” said Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Professor David A. Haig, who added he would have preferred to see a distribution requirement. “I thought there was never any real serious bit of philosophical discussions of the pros and cons of different forms of general education...
...Pfoho just upped the ante a bit...