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This problem is most pronounced with the scenery. The action takes place in a bleak urban landscape that is vaguely post-apocalyptic--a huge chain link fence lines the back of the stage, rusted trash litters the floor, and a blazing sun hangs low in the background. Although impressive, the scenery has little relevance to the plot or action, and simply gets in the way of the drama. In several telling moments, the actors trip on some of the more clunky pieces of trash...
Schools also bring in more alternative acts they pay for themselves from activities budgets. One school I talked to gave me a list of acts--Faith No More, Toad and the Wet Sprocket, the Jesus and the Mary Chain and Helmet. When I asked how many years this list covered, they sounded surprised and told me that these were their upcoming fall semester concerts...
...limiting interest deductions on home mortgages. Economists call such tax hikes "progressive" because they increase the burden on those with the ability to pay. And some well-heeled executives say they would go along with the program. Declares Dan Cotter, chief executive of the True Value hardware store chain: "If someone came into the presidency and said, 'I need x amount of increased taxes for the next two years, and all of it will go to reducing the deficit,' he would get it." Concurs Helene Curtis chairman Ronald Gidwitz: "Somewhere, somehow, sometime, people are going to give up things that...
...chain reaction" may have been set off, Burton says, once the town started getting publicity for its rash of arson cases. "Some of the street gangs are talking, and other street gangs say, we can do a better one," Burton says...
...chain reaction" may have been set off, Burton says, once the town started getting publicity for its rash of arson cases. "Some of the street gangs are talking, and other street gangs say, 'we can do a better one,''' Burton says...