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...Perhaps organizational involvement is the key. One relatively reliable indicator of someone’s celebrity status is the number of e-mail lists he appears on. On this count, again, I fail. The closest I ever came to celebrity-esque domination of the e-mail sphere was when I inadvertently stayed on the Speech and Debate mailing list all last year because I couldn’t figure out how to remove myself...
...most distracting issues in the movie is the gap between the actors’ ages and the ages of the characters they are meant to portray. Ironically, the result of relying entirely on a tried-and-true framework is that the framework itself begins to fail. Normally, Hannah’s innocent expressions would be considered endearing as the plot deepens and the audience allows the story to take them on a ride. Without a deepening plot, however, the audience knows exactly how “Made of Honor” is going to end 20 minutes into the film...
...have endless tricks up his sleeve. Already he has stalled an election after probably losing the first round, used the state-controlled press to divert attention to the chronic issue of land control, and apparently had thugs beat opposition supporters. But one of his strategies seems likely to fail. In mid-April, South Africa's Transport Workers Union refused to unload a shipment of Chinese arms destined for Zimbabwe...
...even these happy consequences would fail to justify the aggregate 6.5 billion hours spent preparing taxes in the United States every year, a clear symptom of excessive red tape. Every citizen should have an option of filing income taxes on a simple form. Sen. Fred Thompson’s ill-fated presidential bid mentioned specifically this necessary change in its policy platform (yes, he had a platform). Following Thompson’s lead, the Giuliani campaign took up this cause. It would be regrettable if these candidates’ mutual call for thorough tax reform fell into oblivion with their...
...staged this year on June 14-15. The Tokai University-YGK Power machine, unveiled at an April 24 press conference, is the first entry by a university in the 85-year history of the French race. "Now we are really going," Sakamoto says. "So we can't fail...