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...must be understood, however, that no one could have emerged unscathed from so difficult a production. Initially scheduled to hit theaters on Oct. 1, 2004, much of the film was re-shot after Craven and producers previewed some of the initial scenes. The screenplay underwent an overhaul as well, changing seemingly vital aspects of the characters’ relations...
Without the Supreme Court’s intervention, the onus is now upon state governments to reform the redistricting system. Some have already taken steps to overhaul their redistricting processes. Independent commissions have drawn the lines in Iowa since the 1990 census and in Arizona since the 2000 census. California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has made redistricting one of his top legislative priorities, and the Florida Democratic Party has also made plans to introduce redistricting efforts. While these recent efforts are laudable, many of them are still overtly political. California Republicans, such as Schwarzenegger, support redistricting in large part because...
...short but potent recession and bitter battles over spending cuts. Tyson and Sachs believe President Bush may be in for an equally turbulent ride during his second term. The Bush Administration is promising to reduce spending over the next five years. But as it pursues a massive plan to overhaul the nation's Social Security system, which is likely to face stiff resistance, tackling the deficits does not seem high on the agenda. Tyson said that "if there's anyone who believes" the Bush Administration will make a serious effort on the deficits, "I didn't find them." Unless priorities...
...welter of committees, and on a task of that complexity, a considerable amount of centralized decisionmaking is required. (I do not know if there was more faculty discussion of Allston before Summers’ arrival, but there surely was not much progress.) The undergraduate curriculum, desperately overdue for an overhaul, finally is getting careful attention. Financial aid and admissions policies posing barriers to the admission of low-income students have been revised. Summers has had a hand in all of these and many other matters. Faculty accustomed to operating at what may be America’s most decentralized research...
DENNIS HASTERT, House Speaker, warning against rushing to pass the President's proposal to overhaul Social Security and instead advocating a public-education campaign that could take as long as two years...