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...will be shaped by a complex regional power game involving an array of competing Israeli politicians, the rival Palestinian leaderships of Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas, Egypt, Syria and even more distant players such as Turkey, Iran and, of course, the United States. The victims of this "negotiation," needless to say, will be scores of ordinary Palestinians and a handful of Israelis. And at its end, the fundamentals of the Gaza standoff will remain largely unchanged...
...Momofuku empire are forgoing the usual dining-room luxuries like linen tablecloths, flowers and bread baskets to focus instead on great food and even greater prices. Some of these forward-thinking chefs are going so far as to forfeit waiters too, choosing to serve the food themselves. Needless to say, their establishments are packed. And customers are more than willing to wait...
...love between two children, and when these two elements are set against each other, as they so often are, the film fires on all cylinders. The film would have been almost perfect had Alfredson chosen to focus solely on the romance at its center. As it is, there are needless sub-plots—most of them focusing on the adult inhabitants of Eli and Oskar’s world—which are somewhat distracting. Early in the film, the focus is shared between the children and a group of adults, many of whom later become the victims...
...Needless to say, we don't get around much...
...state income tax accounts for 40 percent of Massachusetts’s revenue. If it is discarded, the billion dollars of budget cuts so far will look like pocket change compared to the $12.5 billion that the state will be forced to eliminate to make up for the tax. Needless to say, the effects of such a purge would be disastrous—firing every single state employee would still leave Massachusetts $7.2 billion in the red. Innovative programs like Massachusetts’ universal health care system would fall by the wayside, and even basic services would struggle for survival...