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...provisions. The loudest griping is coming from a surprising source: G.O.P. party faithful who say the broad-reaching law tramples states' rights and micromanages local decisions. "We are really standing our ground against adopting something that could wreck a successful state program," says Louisiana's Republican Governor Mike Foster. Some of the fiercest resistance has come from the Republican stronghold of Nebraska, whose Governor Mike Johanns was among the earliest supporters of Bush in his presidential bid. "The bill is the biggest federal grab in the history of education," says Chuck Hagel, the state's Republican Senator. While the cornerstone...
...plenty of Clooney's colleagues. Sean Penn, Tom Hanks, Jodie Foster, Kevin Spacey, John Malkovich and Ethan Hawke have stood behind the camera. Ron Howard liked it so much he stayed there, winning a Best Director Oscar last year for A Beautiful Mind. If the trend continues, "actor-director" may become as common a hyphenate as "singer-songwriter...
...Reports have circulated that Bush's plan, which he intends to announce this week, will include a 50% cut in the amount shareholders are taxed on company dividends. But senior officials tell TIME that Bush will go even further. To encourage investors to re-enter the stock market and foster corporate responsibility, he is set to propose that taxes on dividends be eliminated entirely...
ANTWONE FISHER. Denzel Washington’s directorial debut recounts the life of its screenwriter and title character. Abused verbally by his foster mother and sexually by his foster father, Fisher later avoids dismissal from the military by agreeing to psychiatric counseling with Dr. Jerome Davenport (Washington), who helps him overcome his difficult past. If a side-plot involving a patient potential love interest (Joy Bryant) makes Antwone Fisher Good sound like Good Will Hunting, Washington’s film similarly benefits from strong acting and its hopeful depiction of a tormented youth on the verge of adulthood. Antwone Fisher...
...that Rushing’s reform-minded platform has finally caused Finneran to change his stripes? He and his crack team of sycophantic representatives would have us believe so. In a speech to the House that had just voted him in overwhelmingly, Finneran uncharacteristically claimed that he intended to foster transparency and debate in state government, promising that he would “actively work to eliminate” the impression that he has stifled more liberal viewpoints and noting that “it is not only important to hear, but to listen...