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...response, several Democratic lawmakers have begun to talk about a tax increase. But few of their colleagues want to go that route. (Read their lips: No new taxes.) So while they look for another way out of the mess, Republicans are arguing that the hubbub is merely a dirt devil whipped up by Bush's enemies in Washington. They point out that Texas will have nearly $1 billion in emergency funds on which to draw. And a spokesman in Bush's White House insists that "Texas is in a strong fiscal position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beyond The Beltway: When Tax Cuts Hit Texas | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...Sleep" and "The Maltese Falcon" for the first time on the big screen, on a double bill. I saw "Coconuts" and "Night at the Opera" and "Day at the Races" all on the same evening. I saw "Shadow of a Doubt" and "Night of the Hunter" and "Beat the Devil" and "It Happened One Night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monkey On My Back | 3/9/2001 | See Source »

MEXICO Children in Pachuca gave Pokemon cards and dolls to their parish priest; he feared characters like Pikachu could lead to devil worship or provoke violence in young collectors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here & There | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...singles match, Sun Devil Adria Engel, ranked No. 45 nationally, just edged Ghazal 7-5 in the first set. But Ghazal succumbed 6-0 in the second set as Engel improved to 5-2 individually...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Gets Sun But Not Fun on Southern Roadtrip | 2/21/2001 | See Source »

Still think rock is the devil's music? Salvation awaits online. A Christian website www.ultranet.com/~mari presents contemporary songs "re-versed" to "help the Church speak today's language." So Nirvana's nihilistic Smells Like Teen Spirit becomes the reverent Smells Like Holy Spirit, with the refrain "The Messiah/He's no liah/ Praise Him or face/Eternal Fire." Other conversions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Give Me That Biblical Rock 'n' Roll | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

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