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...administration's two-step was quickly dubbed "bannergate," winning a suffix that the partisan and the bored often use to puff up the puniest of non-scandals. But while the banner business means little by itself, the shifting and shading could become a symbol of Bush's suddenly growing credibility problem, coming as it does in the wake of the controversy over claims in the president's State of the Union address and other pre-war speeches about Iraq's yet-to-materialize weapons of mass destruction and leaks from White House officials about the identity of a CIA operative...
...that her piece was partly in jest, as is mine. But the bottom line remains: the equipment and facilities in the MAC can make an athlete out of the puniest of us. Demanding the latest machines and sterilizing technology is like refusing to wear last year's clothes because they're out of style or have a spot on them. This obsession with the "newest" and "best" is obscene in its own right, but her complaining also mistakes the MAC's purpose. It is not a fashion show nor the plush, sterilized health spa she so ardently desires...
...more mindful of that fact than George Bush, who has presided over the puniest four-year growth rate since Herbert Hoover. The Administration is naturally hoping for a solid rebound. But after virtually ignoring the recession last year, Bush now shies away from making any rosy remarks that could haunt him in November. "When you say the recession is over, the public expects the economy to be back in good shape," observes a White House official. "Clearly, that is not the case, and it will not be the case for quite some time...
...monthly rate, even after a December setback, has jumped 43% from its October 1981 low. Further increases are likely because of a sharp drop in mortgage interest rates that also was the primary force pushing down consumer prices in December. Personal income last year rose only 6.4%, the puniest increase in 19 years. Still, that was above the rate of inflation, so those Americans who are not among the 12 million unemployed enjoyed a genuine, though small, increase in their ability to buy goods and services...
HAPPY END (Columbia) is the puniest of the four small operas written by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. While it lacks the dramatic and social force of Three penny Opera, it can nearly match its songs. The work has never been better performed than in this version. Lotte Lenya, Weill's widow and faithful interpreter, memorably croaks Surabaya Johnny, Bilbao-Song, and other dirges from the shadows...