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...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...
...attack Iraq is a shrewd political maneuver designed to change the target of the war on terrorism from the cunning, elusive and charismatic bin Laden to the oppressive, lackluster and immobile Saddam. This new focus provides a cover for our failure to catch the real terrorist leaders. JOEL RETT Olympia, Wash...
Look at the world through Leni Riefenstahl's lens, and a high diver doesn't just dive. She flies. In one of the iconic images from her award-winning 1938 film Olympia, you see nothing but a glistening airborne figure silhouetted against sky. All else - diving board, ground, pool - disappears. It's classic Riefenstahl, a brilliant piece of editing, a fine example of a talent she has applied throughout her life and work...
PARTY MACHINE Need a way to make some big noise? Stick an Olympia Soundbug ($50, at www.shoplifestyle.com onto any wood, metal or glass surface, plug it into the headphone jack of your laptop or Walkman and listen to the surface start to resonate like a real speaker. Hook up a pair of the mouse-size devices, and enjoy stereo sound. Their sucker-like push rings lock them firmly in place--even on windows...
...well known to her fans and filled with twists and turns that will one day make for a fine “Behind The Music.” The underground Boston music scene brought Lord into the path of a woman named Tinuviel, a punk rocker based in Olympia, Wash., who was spending her summer in Boston. They became close friends and several months later Lord moved to Olympia to join Tinuviel and Slim Moon, the man who ran Kill Rock Stars, an acclaimed small record label that housed Tinuviel and other Northwest punk acts...