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...dilemma central to Southern's life, post 1969, can be summed up in one question: why did he continue to labor on screenplays after it had become painfully evident that the mainstream movie industry (as well as the independent sphere, which he had helped to jumpstart with "Easy Rider") had no interest in his work? Throughout these lean years, Southern could have easily veered back into what he called the "quality lit game," given his well-respected status in the literary community. The most cogent explanation for Southern's peculiar decision to stick with the film world can be found...
According to an introductory note that accompanied the survey, the evaluation was intended to jumpstart a discussion about "the role of proctors: what is working, what is not," and to "prompt the FDO to have [proctors] officially evaluate [their] experience in future years...
...Matthew Schofield, a staff writer at the Kansas City Star, said he wants to use the fellowship to jumpstart his career in foreign correspondence...
...even if passed, will this extremely large tax cut jumpstart the economy? History resoundingly says no. As Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) said in the Democratic response to the address, Republican leaders asserted to a Democratic Congress that the 1981 tax cut would "trickle down" and improve the economy. But these cuts failed to help most Americans. Deficit spending increased and the national debt increased by the highest percentage ever. We must not make that mistake again...