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...producers and the guilds to reexamine their current attitudes about how much their services are valued. Buoyed by a vibrant economy, even the most inexperienced actors and writers have come to expect exorbitant returns for their work, and the industry has continued to cater to those demands. The deadlock right now is due in part to the guilds’ unwillingness to adjust their figures in the face of a faltering economy. Perhaps their inability to inflate their salaries without bound will serve as the reality check that many writers and actors need: the knowledge that even the biggest stars...
...conversation turns to vouchers, the air will be poisoned," he says. Not surprisingly, perhaps, in this era of perfectly bisected public opinion, recent Zogby polls show Americans split on the issue of vouchers, with 45 percent opposed and 48 percent in favor. That division could mean political deadlock, and that's a danger the Bush camp is slowly coming to terms with. Despite Bush's well-known enthusiasm for vouchers, spokesman Ari Fleischer said Monday they will not be a "deal breaker" for the President. But just how flexible is Bush willing...
...time of crisis, the Justices stepped in to ensure that the Constitution, not the political passions of the day, prevailed. The court's decisive ruling forestalled the nightmare scenarios that TV talking heads had been gleefully spinning. Rival sets of Florida electors. A tie vote in Congress. Constitutional deadlock...
Brown could only muster a tie with Niagara on Friday, as the two teams played to a 4-4 deadlock...
...Florida Supreme Court would trump an act of the Florida legislature. But if the two branches reached an irresolvable impasse on a matter as important as a presidential election, it is probable that the U.S. Supreme Court would find a reason to come in and break the deadlock...