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...still a load. Bush wants to end taxation of stock dividends and accelerate income-tax reductions already in the pipeline. The cuts have been criticized for probably delivering too little immediate punch while risking fiscal disaster in the long term. But they could help Bush avoid the fate of his father, who won a popular war in 1991 and 21 months later was tossed out of office. A tax cut would let Bush show action on the economy as the election draws nearer...
...Management, written by David Dorfman and directed by Peter Segal, Dave Buznik (Sandler) is a mouse afraid to roar. Traumatized by a childhood depantsing episode, he is reluctant to kiss his girl (Marisa Tomei), sass his boss or speak up for himself in tones above a whisper. Dave needs fate, or a series of preposterous plot machinations, to effect his deliverance. He is put into the care of a radical therapist, Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson...
...Minelli declined to comment on the specifics of the Stokes case. In its five years of existence, Dignitas has assisted in the suicides of close to 150 people, including several who reportedly were mentally ill. Most bioethicists say cases like the Stokes' are foreboding. "With terminal illness, your fate is sealed," says Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. "Morally, we're more comfortable with a situation where you don't cause death, but you hasten it. We think that's a bright line." But relying on an individual's opinion...
...that level of commitment where writing takes over my life for years," he says. "And I'd hate to write with less dedication." In Timoleon Vieta Come Home, at least, he manages to conjure for Cockcroft a happy ending of sorts. Yet readers will weep instead for the fate of poor Timoleon Vieta, the most faithful and devoted lover of all the characters in the book, whose reward when he gets home is ... well, it shouldn't happen to a dog. Like Aurora's grandmother, Rhodes understands the subversive power of the simple tale, well told...
...even if, as some leaders insisted, oil was not discussed at the meeting, the fate of Iraq's vast energy reserves is understandably a matter of primary concern in the region that is home to some of the world's largest oil and gas producers...