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...here, at current prices, only 22% of the total-per-gallon goes to the federal and state governments in taxes, while across Europe as much as 58% to 76% does. That, Europeans decided, is the real highway robbery. Instead of blaming Big Oil, consumers are holding Big Government responsible. For years, Europe's leaders have been subsidizing their social programs with revenues from the gas pump. To placate powerful green parties, they've tacked on additional eco-charges intended to discourage consumption. Germany's current surcharge adds 20[cents] to the price of every gallon, and Chancellor Gerhard Schroder insists...
Vidal compares himself with Mark Twain and Henry James, other writers who looked askance at American imperial expansion. He would have preferred to play a role in turning back this progress but instead became its disapproving chronicler. Regrets, he has a few, but he also takes comfort in the role that fate assigned him: "Writers have to tell the truth as they see it, and politicians must never give the game away." In his writing, the game goes...
...surface such as a rug or sofa or, if you're outside, on the grass. Then turn him (or her) on his side to prevent him from swallowing secretions. Never try to restrain anyone who is having a seizure--you will just end up hurting yourself or the victim. Instead, provide protective supervision to keep him from falling onto the floor or hitting his head on anything sharp or hard. If he stops breathing or his lips turn blue, make sure his airway is clear of any obstructions before beginning mouth-to-mouth resuscitation...
Places is the opposite of a travel guide. It offers no impressionistic details of far-off venues, and the songs are not flavored with the spices of indigenous world-music forms. Instead, each of the pieces--Paris, Madrid, West Hartford and so on--is named after the location where Mehldau was when he began to compose it. He was out to capture not the region in question but the feelings of nostalgia he invariably had upon his departure. Writes Mehldau: "It seems like the grandeur of a place only reveals itself after I've left...
...support of a Texas law to allow concealed weapons, so too will Carnahan zing Ashcroft for his backing of a similar state referendum that failed. For Ashcroft's part, his ads, like Bush's, don't mention his pro-life views or the size of his tax cuts. Instead they present him as a champion of Social Security...