Word: rub
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...emphasis of conservative ideals more than the politics of the presidential race seemed to rub off on the first-years in attendance...
WASHINGTON--I'm interning in the White House this summer. So far, it's been a phenomenal experience to rub shoulders with John Podesta, the current chief of staff--especially for someone who dreams of someday holding that post...
...matter. The audience laughs just as much whether the material is good or lame. But there's the rub. DeGeneres has lost her barometer for testing laughworthiness. There's no quality control like a tough room, and all the rooms DeGeneres plays are warm and nurturing. It's as if she honed her routine by doing it for her mother and a thousand doting aunts. One of the reasons comedians make us laugh is that they see the world differently from us. They're ridiculously paranoid or filthy minded or clumsy. But Ellen is very warmly embraced by loads...
...Keenen Ivory Wayans, whom you may remember from the early-'90s groundbreaking sketch-comedy series In Living Color, and who has now directed a film called Scary Movie, which opens this week. But before we get to Wayans, we must familiarize you with the film, and there's the rub. Scary Movie had this writer giggling like Beavis on helium, yet it's a raunchy piece of work and not easily described in printable detail...
While just about every taxable estate stands to benefit if the so-called death tax gets buried, the rub of additional capital- gains tax is no trifle. Don't worry. No one's messing with the cap-gains rate: 20% for long-held assets. What's getting deep-sixed is the "step-up" in value of some inherited assets. The step-up may sound arcane, but it's a bedrock of estate planning...