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...Staff writer Margaret W. Ho can be reached at mwho@fas.harvard.edu...
...star roster of directors, writers and Hollywood actors to make ads for the group. One is directed by Rob Reiner and written by West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin. Another is directed by indie-film veteran Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging) from a script by radio lefty Al Franken. Comedian Margaret Cho wrote and directed an ad, another stars Danny Glover, and an animated spot features the voices of Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation), Kevin Bacon and Ed Asner. Two more ads are in production, one written and directed by Woody Harrelson and the other starring Alicia Silverstone...
...upward. Political leaders often have a hard time pushing through labor reforms or privatizations, but tax cuts can encourage growth while winning public approval. In some places, there's a ground swell of anger about high taxes and wasteful spending. In Britain, where taxes and spending were slashed by Margaret Thatcher two decades ago, some are outraged at a 40% rise in central-government administration costs over the past five years - more than three times the inflation rate. In France, dozens of successful businesspeople have quit the country to avoid a steep wealth tax that Eric Pichet, a business-school...
...support for the E.U. in the capitals of Europe. "It was a lot easier being Commission President when you had Mitterrand, Kohl and Andreotti pushing the Union from the capitals," sighs a top Prodi confidante. Delors disagrees; after all, he had to contend with the doyenne of Euro-skeptics, Margaret Thatcher. He thinks his achievements had more to do with his approach than with the historical context. "The Commission should be of service to the governments and not try to be their equal," Delors says. "If [national leaders] don't question your loyalty, you can play the go-between...
...Staff writer Margaret W. Ho can be reached at mwho@fas.harvard.edu...