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...Convention planners seemed headed in that direction when they devoted the first day to a ho-hum parade of old friends and colleagues who assured America that Obama is "one of us." If Ted Kennedy hadn't dragged himself off his sickbed and into battle like James J. Braddock, Pride of the Irish, battered, whipped, yet indomitable, the day would have evaporated into little beyond the dynamic speech of Obama's wife, Michelle...
...highest among developed economies; it should be reduced to 35% or even less. This would not only enhance the international competitiveness of Japanese firms but also give incentives to foreign firms to invest in Japan. Due to failed takeover bids by foreign funds for companies such as J-Power, Japan's biggest electricity wholesaler, over the past two years, overseas investors have become convinced that the Japanese market is closed. A more favorable tax climate would help dispel this notion...
...Gary J. Bass Knopf; 509 pages...
...best film critics... Always competitive, and this time underestimating his worth. (A quick list of nine others, without overthinking it, but just going by the gut feeling of folks whose writing makes me jealous: Ferguson, Agee, Robert Warshow, Sarris, Kael, Richard T. Jameson, J. Hoberman - the best weekly film critic today, and the one who drank deepest at the Farber font - and, of the new guys, Ed Gonzalez, and honorary adoptive American, David Thomson...
...Staff writer Bonnie J. Kavoussi can be reached at kavoussi@fas.harvard.edu...