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...other words, the government should go out and borrow even more money and pass it around for us to spend. The experts caution that for maximum stimulus effect, we must be sure to spend it immediately. No squirreling it away for a rainy day. In drinking circles, they call this hair of the dog: to cure a hangover, you have another drink...
...hopes that the U.S. catches up to Europe and Asia with better services and innovations. At first Verizon and AT&T were vehemently opposed, threatening lawsuits, but they have since reversed their position, with Verizon announcing that they would voluntarily open their entire network in 2008. Still, analysts caution, it is unclear whether Verizon's move will completely level the playing field because of price variations for gadgets they may favor. "The auction is potentially a big turning point for the whole wireless market," says Wu. "The dream is to create a reliable, ubiquitous wireless Internet floating around you like...
...tunes for Best Song. The Foreign Language Film category, almost always a botch, had disqualified The Diving Bell and the Butterfly because its screenwriter is English and its director American. (That's Julian Schnabel, who still copped a Best Director nomination). Ang Lee's Chinese-language erotic thriller Lust, Caution was missing, as was The Romanian drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, the Palme d'Or winner at Cannes and a near-unanimous critics' fave. The snubbing of these well-known films left room for five films (four from Eastern Europe) that even most reviewers haven't heard...
...forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness...
...wasn't the first time China's video sites have featured content that the authorities would have preferred to keep unseen. In November, an unabridged version of Ang Lee's erotic thriller, Lust, Caution, swamped Chinese websites after 22 minutes of graphic sex scenes were cut by China's State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT). On Jan. 3, after the equally risqué Lost in Beijing was banned, online views of the movie hit a record high...