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...Republicans have become more shrewd, so they keep emphasizing the middle class tax cuts in their Contract. However, by their own estimates, the combination of their tax cuts is $200 billion over the first five years, which they plan to pay for with spending cuts. Since they also want to work towards a balanced budget and deficit reduction, even further cuts are necessary ($1.2 trillion in spending cuts are necessary just to balance the budget by 2002, the target year in the Contract). Social Security, Medicare and the retirement, defense, and agriculture programs together with the interest on the debt...
Worn to perfection, the ads for this shrewd, agreeable, ultimately dishonest movie proclaim. But they lie. At 70, the actor doesn't look worn at all; he's trim and bouncy, the blue eyes undimmed by the passing years, the gray in his hair seeming, if anything, premature. He's playing a man of 60, and it is not a reach for him. It is, however, a problem for writer-director Robert Benton's movie. Benton can't help it, and Newman can't help it, but the actor is wrong for the part of Donald ("Sully") Sullivan...
...important meeting at the White House. So when her husband sat down with top aides in the Cabinet Room to discuss his embattled presidency, it was a given that the First Lady would have a seat at the table. But instead of offering the brand of crisp analysis and shrewd advice she is known and admired for, the First Lady was quiet, listening while others did most of the talking. Afterward, one participant couldn't remember whether Hillary had said anything at all. As a friend and colleague put it, she was still "coming to grips" with the Democratic washout...
...court when mean people question his sanity is a tale too familiar to relate once again: it has been available on television -- in a less overbearing version -- every Christmas season for almost a half-century. Given these circumstances, it betrays no secrets to say that aided by smart lawyering, shrewd media manipulation and a child's faith, he beats...
Garner's Vandergelder develops a great deal in front of us, with the delicate help of Channing's Dolly. Dolly is a shrewd businesswoman who teaches Vandergelder not only to love her but how to become more shrewd in his business dealings. Dolly's charm mesmerizes Vandergelder; he learns from her without realizing he is being taught...