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...David Broder, in his Washington Post column on Wednesday, and Harvard economist Richard Freeman and think-tanker Eileen Appelbaum in the New York Times on Thursday, all raise the admittedly intriguing idea of the "prosperity dividend." The gist: Wait until the surplus is a surplus before you send it back. At the end of the fiscal year, if there's money left over in the federal budget, simply cut every taxpayer in America a check...
...This is also the first time Zhang has worked with Hong Kong actors, let alone two of its biggest stars. Leung and Cheung, more accustomed to the spontaneous riffing of Wong Kar-wai, are struggling to get the gist of Zhang's directorial technique. "He does keep us guessing," Cheung says, with a hint of exasperation, "but then we only do one or two takes for every scene. He doesn't do lots of options." Contrast this with Wong, who might shoot one scene 30 or 40 times, 15 of which are experiments that help shape the final...
...been fast and, so far, deft: Three women. Two blacks. One Hispanic. Five white guys. George W. Bush is about half done with his Cabinet and if you look past the names, the range and the diversity, the gist so far is pragmatic and pro-business - with plenty of hands-on Washington experience...
...also had its share of bumps on the way to Broadway. Key members of the creative team have been replaced, while lyricist Lynn Ahrens, who wrote Ragtime with her partner Stephen Flaherty, has faced the challenge of simulating Seuss's inimitable poetry--"trying to keep the gist of that," Ahrens says, "while trying to find different rhythms so there can be variety in the score...
...also had its share of bumps on the way to Broadway. Key members of the creative team have been replaced, while lyricist Lynn Ahrens, who wrote "Ragtime" with her partner Stephen Flaherty, has faced the challenge of simulating Seuss's inimitable poetry - "trying to keep the gist of that," Ahrens says, "while trying to find different rhythms so there can be variety in the score...