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...they treat Dan as the runt of the litter? They must think he loves washing his kids' clothes at home, because when he visits his parents they make him sleep in the laundry room. In any matter relating to Dan's rebellious daughters, the family reflexively takes the girls' side over their dad's. His own father (John Mahoney) treats him with the bluff bonhomie of men who wouldn't be caught dead in an intimate discussion. And Dan's mom (Dianne Wiest), it's clear, has been nagging him all his life. "Get lost for a while," she tells...
...overblown social consequences. For instance, the argument that casinos will bankrupt poor people who trust their fortunes to fate neglects their free will and assumes that they cannot think and act for themselves. And to maintain a social conscience, part of the new revenue will also be used to treat gambling addictions—which, thanks to Connecticut’s casinos, are nothing new. Though the plan may disgust a sheltered few, it looks to be a jackpot for Massachusetts and its citizens...
...treat these prisoners any differently? Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, speaks to all our fears when he calls them “some of the most brutal, vicious people in the world.” But that accusation is as inaccurate as it is manipulative: A study at Seton Hall University found that only eight percent of the Guantanamo detainees were Al Qaeda fighters, and only 30 percent were determined to be Al Qaeda members—and that’s using a definition of membership that is broad enough to include anyone who ever talked...
...TREAT. The undefeated Bulldogs are scary...
...administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, during which Congress created the SEC, the role of government in markets remained limited. “The essential approach of the Roosevelt administration was to regulate business, not own it,” he said. He added that the SEC will continue to treat foreign-owned firms and fund “as we would any similarly situated private entity.” Yet he added that he remained concerned about conflicts of interest. “The track record of many sovereign wealth funds does not inspire confidence,” he said...