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...proposal. More than a third--36%--think the Bush plan would make the economy worse. Bush is also facing a rough road in Congress, even among Republican friends. Key G.O.P. Senators like Finance Committee chairman Charles Grassley of Iowa and Olympia Snowe of Maine have suggested that the crown jewel of Bush's tax-cut proposal--the $300 billion elimination of dividend taxes--is either too large or too slow acting to goose the economy. "It's one of the weaker links in the President's proposal, in regard to what's politically possible," says Grassley. Another element...
...Republican lawmakers are worried about sullying their reputations as deficit hawks in order to support their man in the White House. On Capitol Hill, key GOP senators like Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley and Olympia Snowe have suggested that the crown jewel of Bush's latest tax cut - the $300 billion elimination of dividend taxes - costs too much and does too little to help stimulate the economy in the short term. As a matter of pure policy, says Grassley, he likes the idea. But "it's one of the weaker links in the president's proposal, in regard to what...
...Each lecture was like a jewel in its crystalline clarity and precision,” Kondoleon said. “Students would applaud after each lecture, impressed by the elegance of the presentation...
...second frame, the teams traded baskets for the first three minutes before Penn junior guard Jewel Clark scored 11 points and the Quakers cut the Crimson lead to 55-50 with 10:56 remaining...
...other is the Jagmandir, a 17th century fortress topped by a dome that Marco Polo called "a jewel of white marble." The palace stands in a landscaped garden heavy with jasmine, frangipani and bougainvillaea. Formal water gardens enclose regal cupolas and elegant archways. Inside the fortress, a black-and-white-tiled courtyard hints at a sumptuous past. In 1623, the palace served as a refuge for the young Shah Jahan, future Mughal Emperor, after he revolted against his father. Legend has it that the galaxy of semiprecious stones?rubies, onyx, jasper and jade?laid into its marble interior so impressed...