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...immediate general income-tax-rate cut, a big tax break for dividends (plus another for capital gains he didn't request), and new deductions for small businesses. The total cost over 10 years, $350 billion, is less than half the $726 billion Bush asked for, but much of the gap is accounting tricks. The President need not worry that this bill won't cost enough...
...change in these women has already reshaped voting patterns. Their new attitude helps explain why the gender gap that had worked to the Democrats' advantage since Ronald Reagan was in office narrowed sharply in last fall's congressional elections. For the first time in more than a decade, the Republicans had near parity with women. President Bush's top political adviser Karl Rove believes a shift among women with children under 18 was a major factor in the G.O.P.'s historic victory in last year's midterms, in which the President became the first Republican in a century...
...hugs - for the triumphant pair." Between that "I blush to say, hugs" and our own age of overemoting, lip-chewing Presidents and Prime Ministers, of nations weeping at the death of a princess or a Kennedy, of private joy and grief turned into public spectacle, there is a yawning gap not just of time but of sensibility...
Bousso and Flanagan say that they try to overcome this gap by attending events and talks given by the other fellows...
...matter how loudly the Europeans and Arabs protest. Even if he takes the bold step of visiting the region for the first time in his presidency, Mr. Bush may find, like his predecessor did, that the force of his personality and presence alone is insufficient to bridge the gap between the two sides on the ground - which may be why some of his top aides are reportedly counseling against such a trip. And if, as a number of old Middle East diplomatic hands have suggested, it may require an intervention significantly stronger than the roadmap initiative to restart a peace...