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...certain types of income (such as capital gains) and in general. It is undeniable that taxes discourage the activity being taxed, and that tax cuts encourage work and thrift and (if they're more narrowly focused) drinking more water on alternate Tuesdays in states beginning with W, and other fine things. But it is also undeniable that if you cut taxes on one activity or group of people, you must raise them on others to bring in the same amount of money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tax Reform in Plain English. Honest! | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

...even know what to say about that," says Twain, "because my feelings about that have changed so much over the years. I go back and forth, and it's such a difficult issue. So it wasn't intended to--I mean, if people take it that way, it's fine. I'm not saying, 'Don't take it that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shania Reigns | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

...hand, you can't say that, for all their juking and jiving, Kaufman and Jonze have really licked Orlean's book. Chris Cooper is funny as the dentally challenged redneck orchid thief--there's a funny-weird disconnect between his personality and his obsession--and Streep works up a fine, ladylike glow of perspiration stalking him. But the movie ends in a burst of violence that we are unprepared for and don't believe. Maybe it's the film's final joke: Donald's cheesy screenwriting manner winning out over Charlie's. In fact, the mythical brother shares a writing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: No Good-Time Charlie | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

...seemed to be fine,” Lo said. “I think she was listening to music, and it seemed upbeat...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt and Elisabeth S. Theodore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: College Mourns Likely Suicide of Winthrop Junior | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

...Minnesota] had some pretty athletic forwards who would jump-shoot us,” Delaney-Smith said. “There were times where our defense was fine and they were just shooting over us. You have to live with that. Maybe work harder, don’t let them get the ball, hit them with a double team—we tried to do that...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gopher Pressure, Turnovers Plague W. Hoops | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

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