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TIME's assessment of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford skipped over the facts. You were critical of his frugality and his efforts to improve the economy without noting what he has actually done, which is to make the ground fertile for South Carolina's businesses to grow and prosper. He cut the marginal income-tax rate for the first time in South Carolina's history, which will return more than $130 million to our state's small businesses over the next four years. Sanford undertook our state's first comprehensive legal reform and retooled the commerce department. Although he inherited...
...cumbersome and outdated administration will be junked, and unfair-dismissal laws will be made more sensible. The economic argument is that reform will reduce the cost of labor and help the nation become more productive. Jobs will be created and incomes will rise as business and the country prosper. Howard's ideological grace note here is about individualism, freedom and choice. For the culminating effort of a veteran industrial warrior, the proposals appear moderate - indeed, for free-market purists and employer groups they are a disappointment...
...time in three years. The Lions, the preseason pick to be the Ivy cellar-dweller, had the same offensive concerns as Princeton and Dartmouth. But like the Tigers and Big Green, Columbia found other ways to score—including a 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Prosper Nwokocha—in order to get past the Rams, the Patriot League’s fourth-place preseason pick...
...costs enough to defeat the makers of PDP sets, which are significantly cheaper. "There is a real price battle going on," says Masuda, as Sharp jockeys for position. Sharp executives downplay such claims, saying the market is big enough for sellers of both types of large-screen TVs to prosper...
PLAYERS TO WATCH WR Brandon Bowser (Sr.), WR Pete Chromiak (Sr.), DE Chris Sullivan (Sr.), DE Bill Beechum (Sr.), SS Keenan Shaw (Sr.), FS Tad Crawford (Jr.), CB Prosper Nwokocha...