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...right after Bedtime Stories. It's not that Inkheart suffers in direct comparison - Bedtime was soundly spanked by critics - but the similarities do deflate the appeal of the premise. To overcome that, the film has to offer something special, going beyond the easy score of referencing classic works of children's literature. Certainly it's a treat to see a Silvertongue bring The Wizard of Oz's Toto to life, or enjoy the visual gag of seeing Capricorn's henchman land in the middle of Kansas, post-tornado. But the internal story, the meta-Inkheart as penned by Fenoglio, never...
...said by our children’s children that when we were tested, we refused to let this journey end,” Obama said during his inauguration speech, which lasted about 20 minutes...
...hanged or accusing him of raiding Fort Knox before fleeing the country. Hoover left office in an even deeper hole than Bush does, but he had the great advantage of a strong constitution. He lived another 31 years, during which time he was among the greatest champions of children this country has ever known. He drove the growth of Boys Clubs of America and the creation of UNICEF; he led the campaign to get food to millions of civilians who faced a catastrophic famine after World War II. That's what he was good at - fixing things, like the engineer...
...owed the government was the result of basic errors and possibly some liberal interpretations of the tax code by Geithner, who prepared his taxes during several of the years in question, or by his accountant. Among Geithner's missteps: he claimed that payments made for summer camp for his children were tax deductible because they qualified as dependent-care. But the dependent-care credit is aimed at helping middle-class working parents afford the cost of daily child care, not at helping pay for expensive retreats. An accountant told Geithner in 2006 that overnight camps were not eligible...
...state taxes for 2008, assuming his income last year was the same. On top of that, he will owe nearly $19,000 in property taxes on his 3½-bedroom home in Larchmont, N.Y. - an upscale suburb north of Manhattan - where he lives with his wife and two children...