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...producer and a rich variety of thugs and toughs swim through his life. On top of which his wife - who seemed pretty OK for awhile - betrays him because she has money troubles of her own. Eventually, reluctantly, he decides to fight for money, except that he discovers that the card on which he's booked is rigged...
...solution? Weil is a great believer in talking frankly about the problem. But some of her proposed conversations just don't sound real. For example, here's her suggestion for how a workaholic spouse should confront a partner about secret credit-card bills: "You must be so stressed and lonely. I know my working late nights and on weekends contributed to this, big time! I want to help you with a plan for the credit card debt that's accumulated, probably from your 'weariness.'" Words not likely to ever be spoken. But Weil argues persuasively that from the beginning...
...Obama has financially swamped Hillary Clinton largely due to the fact that he can return to his army of donors who give gifts of under $50—the cost of processing such micro-donations is often prohibitive for smaller-scale campaigns, given the high processing fees for credit card payments...
...grade on a report card, they would get a ‘to be seen,’” said Massachusetts State Representative Michael J. Moran. “You can’t change what they did, but you can move forward and try to improve upon...
Following on the heels of “21,” “Deal” is a similar movie from director Gil Cates Jr. about a college student-cum-card shark who wins millions in Las Vegas casinos. But “Deal” fails to capture the fast-paced glamour of high-stakes gambling that made “21” an entertaining (albeit superficial) movie. “Deal” does accomplish one feat, however: it presents an oddly dull view of one of the most entertaining card games in existence?...