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Only a few short months ago, privatizing Social Security seemed all the rage. Al Gore ’69 had to rush to promote an alternative plan; Joe Lieberman was forced to take a “private journey” from privatization; and GOP nominee George Bush had confidently urged the parties to end the “politics of fear” and give every American a stake in the booming stock market...
...Crimson paid the price for leaving Hagerman in the offensive zone late in the first, as Dartmouth senior linemates Jennifer Wiehn and Kristina Guarino broke free on an odd-man rush. Hagerman nearly made it back in time to stop the play, but Guarino put the puck inside the left post to tie the game...
Either way, the congressional rush toward immediate tax relief is likely to have more political than economic impact. For America's $10 trillion economy, a $60 billion tax reduction would offer mostly a psychological lift. But both Congress and the White House are betting that even if wallets don't get a whole lot fatter, the cut will make consumers think Washington is doing something for them...
...military wrangle. North Korea, which Clinton drew into negotiations as a "state of concern," has been downgraded again to "rogue state" by Bush. Three weeks ago, he embarrassed the President of South Korea, who has been trying to foster a warming trend, by saying the U.S. was in no rush to do more business with North Korea because he wasn't sure Pyongyang could be trusted. The Administration has taken a decidedly hands-off stance toward peacemaking, including in the Middle East. And though right-wingers are howling that he is easing up on Iraq sanctions, Bush was quick...
Pierce Brosnan's Andy Osnard is the anti-Bond--a cold cynic in need of a revolution to revive his career as a secret agent. Geoffrey Rush is the anti-hero, creating an imaginary insurgency out of the rumors he picks up while fitting bespoke clothing in his elite, near bankrupt shop. There's a nice irony in the way their needs feed each other, but the movie works it too hard, and when the revolution turns real, the film finally collapses under the burden of implausibility...