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...camera's range. The movie does not make a big deal out of its live-and-let-live "message"; it's too busy getting its people into and out of improbable scrapes. But it does have a hopeful heart. Above all, thanks to its zippy ways and the intricate logic with which it maneuvers its characters along their vertiginous paths, it makes you laugh out loud...
...domestic industries. Opponents say nuclear power would put thousands of jobs at risk. It's largely for economic reasons that the premiers of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland have vowed not to lift their states' nuclear bans. Queensland Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce agreed: "I can't see the logic of promoting competition to my state's major export...
...economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest-wage country is impeccable” could serve as the epitaph for the presidency of University President Lawrence H. Summers. While his supporters might defend this infamous phrase in the name of “freedom of expression” or excuse it as an unfortunate slip, critics find it typical of a carelessness of expression that mocks both logic and human decency—a carelessness that pursued him into his presidency.There is much public confusion over why Summers resigned, and the speculations are a Rorschach...
Democrats do not complain about the amount Dean is raising, just that he is spending too fast. At the end of April, his committee had $9 million on hand and the Republican National Committee had $48 million. In an interview from Oregon, Dean defended his approach with the simple logic that what the Democrats had been doing was not working and said he has a responsibility to think beyond '06. "There hasn't been a long-term business plan for a long time," he said. "We're going to win some races in places people don't expect with this...
...call.” At around 3 p.m. a colleague called the Daniloffs’ house and informed Ruth that an American correspondent had been arrested. The friend, it turned out, was actually a KGB informant. Daniloff’s capture and subsequent release followed the tit-for-tat logic of the Cold War. He was arrested the week after a Soviet physicist working at the United Nations was charged with spying against the United States. And Daniloff was only freed after a complex series of negotiations resulted in the release of Daniloff, the Soviet agent, and several other Soviet...