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BAC’s trick to success, in fact, is its deceptive simplicity. What appears to be crude and effortless is actually a very carefully plotted rusticity. This is attested to by the seamless transitions from one performance to another, the stylish, catchy tunes of a band perched above the ring’s main entrance and the fact that the show is tailored as much to the kids as to their parents. While the two clowns perform the requisite silly circus jokes and pranks their appearances are interspersed between well-choreographed couples’ dance and acrobatic routines that...
...admits that they like the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), especially around this time of year. Unfortunately, congressional attempts to capitalize on the animosity that many Americans feel towards the tax collector have affected the IRS’s ability to perform its core mission...
...Ronald Reagan looked both callous and politically ham-handed when he tried to save a few pennies on school lunches by classifying catsup as a vegetable. Last week the Bush Administration went beyond condiments, proposing to ax a Clinton Administration regulation that forces the meat industry to perform salmonella tests on hamburger served in school cafeterias. Given the heightened interest in the health of cattle right now, the move wasn't exactly well timed. The uproar forced Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman to drop the proposal the same day it hit the papers. She said a "low level" official had announced...
...fuzzy about greenhouse gases, everyone gets the danger from arsenic--it's Murder, She Wrote territory--especially those who don't serve Evian at home. The symbolism of the move was breathtaking--especially after Bush and the G.O.P. Congress had denied workplace relief for millions (mostly women) who perform repetitive tasks. Employers thought it would cost too much...
Achterberg's greatest challenge came in 1999, when she developed cancer in her left eye. She refused treatment: "I couldn't have my eye taken out." Too upset to perform guided imagery on herself, she relied on prayers and vicarious healing imagery from friends and colleagues. So far, she has survived 18 months--doctors gave her six--and is now studying the curative powers of communal prayer that she calls "transpersonal medicine...