Word: cuttingly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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CABLE NETWORKS Ratings live on. Did Turner and Murdoch cut a deal with the Florida Supreme Court...
...grand scale, that's not so bad. A do-nothing Congress won't blow the budget surplus, leaving it for debt repayment, which would put downward pressure on interest rates and provide a backdoor tax cut. That's the gridlock benefit you hear so much about from Wall Street. But it's a mistake to think nothing will happen, especially if Bush prevails. He ran on the promise of a broad tax cut. "He has to deliver something," says political analyst Andy Laperriere at ISI Group...
...this summer. But the measure has come under increasing fire as a break for the very rich. Relief may come in doubling the lifetime exclusion to $2 million by 2006, with additional exemptions for farmers and small-business owners. The top "death-tax" rate of 55% may also be cut, possibly to under 40%. This would be a fun battle to watch. Those who favor repeal don't want to merely chip away at the tax because as fewer people pay it, support for repeal erodes...
...SADE LOVERS ROCK (Epic). The soulful singer returns with a solemn CD that was worth the eight-year wait. These elegant songs explore heartbreak, yes, but racism as well. On each cut, Sade's lovely, melancholy voice blossoms like a blue bruise...
...panelists agreed that gridlock would consign such bold but risky plans as Bush's proposed $1.3 trillion tax cut to the campaign-promise trash heap. "There won't be any huge tax cuts or entitlement programs, whoever becomes President," says Bruce Steinberg, chief economist for Merrill Lynch. "That means the budget surpluses should remain extremely large, and the national debt will continue to be paid down--all of which is friendly to financial markets...