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...future Costner exercises-in-ego. Which meant, of course, that Thirteen Days, his Cuban Missile Crisis drama which opened in December, tanked miserably and didn’t rack up the acclaim he clearly expected. So Costner railed against American audiences in interviews and decided that the movie was, uh, better suited for Cubans. He took the film to Havana, had a screening of it and smoked cigars with Fidel Castro, and according to one eyewitness, is “touring Havana incognito. Many people say he is going round Havana undercover, and is interested in seeing a game...
...savvy Internet trader of commodities, everything from gas and energy to pulp and metals (two of their newer markets). Since Skilling came on board in 1990, revenues have shot up from $2.5 billion to $100 billion and he predicts they will reach $160 billion to $170 billion this year. (Uh, isn't this supposed to be a bad year...
...routine sounded like this: "Why, that dumb n-----....." Then the speaker would realize he was talking to someone (probably a Yankee), who might not be in harmony with going around saying "n-----." So the speaker might backpedal, with an unction of benevolence: "Uh, 'cose, you know, I don't mean nuthin' by that. (Squinting now into the middle distance, with a philosophical air; if outdoors, he might even spit speculatively.) "The way I figure, they'se white n------ as well as black...
...common way to target relief is to create income thresholds. The existing code has some two dozen. Among them: converting a traditional IRA to a Roth (can't do it if you make $100,000), making deductible contributions to a Roth (uh-uh, not if you're single and earning $95,000 or a couple earning $160,000), and taking HOPE scholarship and Lifetime Learning credits (limit: $40,000, singles; $80,000, couples). Bush can't just dump the thresholds. Democrats would scream: Tax cut for the rich...
...WILL ALWAYS...UH, HOW'S THAT...