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...Book 3.) Harvey Cox, a professor of divinity at Harvard, says part of the appeal of Left Behind lies in the "lip-licking anticipation of all the blood." But many nonbelievers come to Christ in the course of the books, and this holy "soul harvest" lends the series a buoyant optimism that many critics have ignored...
...possible, though, that this isn't merely wishful thinking? Japan, which a few months ago was widely considered to be on the verge of crisis, does in fact seem to be experiencing an old-fashioned, export-driven boost from a surprisingly buoyant U.S. economy and the weakening of the yen this year. Exports in April showed the first year-to-year increase in 13 months, and Japan's trade surplus, which has been steadily declining, grew again in the country's favor. Manufacturing and trade throughout Asia are perking up?economists are projecting Korea's 2002 gdp growth will near...
Clones' visual effects can be buoyant (Anakin makes a pear float, in a literal fruit loop) or imposing (the final vista of an orange sky). And they give a vertiginous kick to the fight scenes. A mile-high car chase has cool dips and speed bumps. An arena battle begins as a Gladiator knock-off and then escalates, with lumbering monsters that recall the peerless work of stop-motion master Ray Harryhausen. A light-saber duel in the dark has loads of drama and glamour...
...Living wages, however, target the poor quite effectively. Many businesses have found that the productivity gains, lower turnover and greater loyalty that accompany higher wages help offset the costs to employers. A study by the San Francisco department of public health concludes that the increased income should have a buoyant effect on the health of low-income families and their children's education...
...billed it as an insurance policy against recession. Critics sniped that no government could possibly hope to time fiscal relief to offset economic stress. Call Bush lucky, but his rebates landed in the only quarter of negative GDP. They softened the downturn and helped pave the way for a buoyant Christmas quarter. Already, though, Bush's tax-cutting agenda is in deep trouble. Just hours after Greenspan hailed the recovery, the House passed a scaled-back economic package that amounts to a Republican retreat on broader tax cuts. The rebates were a one-time boost that won't be matched...