Word: exception
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fighting whom is revealed, the conduct of the war is so painfully real, so utterly believable, that there is no necessity for explication. Shame avoids, rhetoric and relies instead upon demonstration, letting the events speak for themselves. One cannot find Bergman in his latest film, except those parts of him that are specifically general to all of us. He is mature enough to spare his viewers any murky idiosyncracies, as we sometimes see in Bunuel, and yet his firm talent shapes our understanding without fanfare or the crassness that sometimes mars Godard and Fellini. In the final analysis...
...seemed like a crazy caucus race, though, and no end--except for the money--way in sight. Linda was amazed that, while their lighting technician could make slides from most any source, Linda herself was the only staff member searching for new material. And time was running short...
...dialogue is all in rhyming couplets, which is rather like spending the evening on a date with a metronome. The stories mainly feature an aging cuckold, a harridan somewhat uglier than sin, and a blonde mini-bombshell named Sandy Duncan, whom nature has cunningly fashioned for everything except acting. In the key roles of the Steward and the Wife of Bath, George Rose and Hermione Baddeley are formidable contenders for a much-needed Hammy Award...
...above and beyond import duties. VAT is sanctioned by the 21-year-old General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, to which the U.S. subscribes. Under GATT rules, the U.S. can neither match such export subsidies nor raise similar import barriers because it relies chiefly on other forms of taxation. Except for excise taxes on a few items-autos, alcohol and tobacco -the U.S. has no value-added taxes...
...Peaches overhaul the ICC? There is little chance of that. For one thing, the ICC is the only federal agency whose chairmanship is not filled by a long-term White House appointee. Moreover, Peaches is no activist, except for her spirited championing of money-losing rail-passenger service on the grounds that "the public convenience cannot be hamstrung by the tyranny of figures." She and the ICC are hamstrung by a frustratingly fuzzy legal charter that authorizes the agency to prescribe rates, regulate routes and oversee mergers, but prevents it from using individual cases as precedents that could establish overall...