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...underrated films, The Wrong Man (1957) and Vertigo (1958), he directly, quite humorlessly, confronted his belief that injustice will be done and that nothing is what it seems to be. Psycho, in 1960, has no moral center at all, and The Birds (1963) shows the natural world itself in revolt against the laws that supposedly govern it. Even so, the public was pleased to take Hitchcock's word for what he was?a merry prankster?almost willfully ignoring the signs on film of his growing disillusionment with conventional morality and the possibilities for even just common decency in human nature...
...Times); "Not since 1945 had the academic world dared to devise a new formula for developing 'the educated man' " (The Washington Post). Even The New York Daily News was praising the Core as a "refreshing contrast to the sophomoric whims and caprices that marked the do-your-own-thing revolt on campuses in the '60s." For the time being, at least, Harvard's reputation is secure...
...Reagan tax increases helped set the stage for California's emotional Proposition 13 tax revolt in 1978, three years after he left office. As Governor he avoided taxpayer retaliation by turning to a politically popular gimmick. As budget surpluses grew because of his high taxes and the state's general prosperity, Reagan retained the heavy taxation but gave some of the unneeded revenues back to Californians as rebates and tax credits. The income tax rebate in 1970 was $91 million; a 20% income tax credit in 1972 totaled some $235 million; another rebate in 1973 added...
...will come the dollars needed to keep the cuts in services fairly shallow this year. But a new constraint on services threatens. Tax bills are mailed out in the fall; and two weeks later another autumn event, statewide elections, will offer taxpayers the chance for a California-style tax revolt. "People can't vote to decrease their grocery bills or the amount of money they pay for heat," Duehay said recently. "I'm afraid that coming on the heels of this tax increase, voters may be in a very receptive mood for tax-cutting." Should Bay State voters catch...
...Percys, Henry is also fighting for the loyalty and affection of his son and heir, Prince Hal. Hal, that "nimble-footed madcap Prince of Wales," as Hotspur derisively calls him, has given himself up to bad living and bad companions, led by the fat and riotous Falstaff; his revolt against duty is a more serious threat to Henry's kingdom than Hotspur and all his kin. The distraught Henry wishes that Hotspur had been his son and it could be proved that "some night-tripping fairy" had switched babies in their cradles...