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While the Clintons may have been unaware of the financial details of the venture, they were keenly interested in whatever tax breaks they could extract from it. One afternoon in the Governor's office, Bill mentioned to Jim that he should "talk to Hillary about taxes because she and Jim Blair have made some money in commodities...
...American companies could then assume control of the market and extract economic rents which would accrue to the American owners of these companies. The continued existence of barriers of entry would keep other companies from entering the market, and the United States would be free to extract economic rents indefinitely. As long as these rents outweigh the initial subsidy, the American economy benefits from such strategic trade policy...
Then there's the specter of Houston II. Republicans have to worry about a Buchanan who gets a prime-time address at their convention and uses it, as he did in 1992, to breathe fire--this time toward Corporate America. Or worse, a Buchanan who tries to extract at least some platform concessions on free trade, like a promise to roll back NAFTA and GATT. Too much of that kind of thing, and the corporate PACs will go running for the Democrats...
...Dominique Pinon, the heroic clown of Delicatessen), and a pulsating brain named Irvin that floats in an aquarium. All are genetic experiments, and Krank has been aging prematurely because he is unable to dream. His solution is to set up an H.G. Wellesesque laboratory where he can try to extract the dreams of young children, unfortunately without success. Krank's henchmen are the fanatic Cyclops cult, an army of blind men, whose sight and hearing are enhanced by Krank's electronic inventions. A little boy, Denree (Joseph Lucien, who has the biggest eyes and oral fixation of any young actor...
...Seattle has voted to set up the country's first government-subsidized "naturopathic" (a.k.a. nontraditional) health clinic. Members of the King County council came to their decision unanimously, reports the New York Times, after "rhapsodizing about garlic pills and the healing power of ginkgo-tree extract...