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...This Republican plan hurts students and helps banks rake in bigger profits,” Kennedy said in the statement...
Working couples with kids today rake in 75% more than the typical single-breadwinner family did in the 1970s. But the cost of owning a home has risen at a faster clip, leaving these families with nearly half the discretionary income (as a share of total income) of the '70s crowd. the explanation for this is the "trap" of the title. Parents naturally want their kids to get a good education. Trouble is, with so many failing schools, they have to be selective about where they live. The result: bidding wars for homes in the best school districts have pushed...
...conflicted about this film. We want to love it, but like a Rock Hudson rake, we keep finding fault in its allure. We want to hate it, but like Doris Day, we finally can't say no. --By Richard Corliss
...Rings, but he looks remarkably human as he reclines in an armchair dressed in rubber slippers, leather trousers and blue T shirt. After years as one of Britain's most distinguished stage actors, McKellen's turns as Gandalf and The X-Men's twisted Magneto have helped those films rake in a staggering combined gross of nearly $2 billion. He has twice been nominated for an Oscar, for Gandalf and the James Whale biopic Gods and Monsters. Though the 63-year-old insists he remains just a humble hired hand, he admits to delight at his newfound box-office clout...
...easy year to handicap the Oscar nominations, due to be announced Feb. 11. Nearly every category offers eight or ten plausible nominees, a marked rise from the typical six or seven. True, shoo-ins exist in every category, and, yes, Chicago and The Hours both stand to rake in numerous nods; nevertheless, this year’s nominations race is as wide-open as I’ve ever seen...