Word: light
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...projected surpluses will cover all these political IOUs. But actually installing the Bush program of tax cuts and caring will require the kind of fiscal discipline Washington has never displayed. If Bush does keep within budget boundaries, claim Democrats, he will be certain to cast aside his sweetness-and-light spending programs to fund a Bush tax cut that, as written, would most benefit higher-income Americans...
...world. Here was this great human and divine enterprise.' And it was as though I had just opened my eyes on what human existence was, really. It was my turn." Bellow takes that turn again, childlike wonder and all, in Ravelstein, when Chick says, "In the interval of light between the darkness in which you awaited first birth and then the darkness of death that would receive you, you must make what you could of reality, which was in a state of highly advanced development. I had waited for millennia to see this...
...only a co-star, but also as the director and producer -quite an accomplishment for a man who has just recently reached the age of thirty. In his directorial debut, the two-time Academy Award nominated actor demonstrates a flair for exposing emotional traits while still maintaining a light tone. Norton makes deft use of physical comedy, although the slapstick is highly and unevenly concentrated in the beginning of the film. He and Blumberg also seem intent in showcasing their knowledge of pop culture. In just the first half hour of the film, references are made to Lauren Hill...
Although it often aspires to heavy theological aims, _Keeping the Faith_ is essentially just a light, frothy, and old-fashioned screwball comedy. It only skims the deeper issues of religious tolerance and often seems more interested in milking the central religious conflict for all of its possible humorous aspects than in fully depicting each character's internal struggles with his or her faith. The most expressive Jacob ever gets in coming to terms with the reality of his relationship with Anna is proclaiming to her, "The fact that you're not Jewish is a real problem for me." Overall...
This is a major development, says TIME senior writer Frederic Golden, particularly in light of the public's fascination with all things dinosaur. "Anything that advances our understanding of these marvelous creatures is bound to be met with a great deal of excitement," he says. And it doesn't hurt that this particular find feeds into one of the most vigorous debates surrounding our prehistoric friends: The all-important distinction between warm blood and cold blood. There has been a longstanding controversy over dinosaurs' place in the evolutionary family tree; some scientists maintain the giant lizards were the ancestors...