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...Gore had a similar reason for touting what is by any measure a serious tax cut: he needed to react to Bush. That political reality is apparent to voters, and may be one reason many people aren't tuning into this debate. "He's got to cave in and respond to all of Bush's tax-cut talk," says Howard Richards, 68, a retired real estate broker who turned up last week at a Gore tax event in Florida. Another reason is that Gore knows Democrats argue against tax cuts at their peril. Gore's side "spent 20 years getting...
...sins of the journalism business is that we cave for access," Nyhan said...
...same time, we are not blind to reality. During previous presidential searches, we have called for formal student and faculty involvement on this page. Based on past experience, it seems unlikely that the Corporation will suddenly cave--although we would welcome such an outcome. Rather, we reiterate this call to highlight the troubling flaws of the composition and practices of previous presidential search committees. Putting students on the search committee would do much to address these flaws, but in the likely case that this will not happen, the committee must, at the very least, conduct its business more openly...
...visions of sipping wine in Provence clouding your thoughts at work? Cave in to them. The weakening euro makes Europe a relative summer bargain. Since its 1999 debut, the euro has lost almost 25% of its value with respect to the dollar. For U.S. manufacturers that export, that's not good, but for tourists it's a boon. The currencies of 11 European countries are tied to the euro, so their values have fallen in kind. In France $1 is worth 6.9 francs this month, versus 6.3 last year. That means a Paris hotel room, regularly $200 a night...
...narrator of Pastoralia, the title story, has things even worse. He lives in a cave, albeit a fake one, that is an exhibit in a mysterious, at least to him, theme park. He and Janet, his cavewoman partner, are supposed to perform daily Stone Age tasks--cooking a goat, working on pictographs, grabbing and pretending to eat insects--for the benefit of spectators, but hardly anyone comes by to observe them anymore. The fax machine in the caveman's private quarters spits out ominous messages from the park management: "Those of you who have no need to be worried should...