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...still rare.) Fists are the subject of best-selling books, and most of last year's hit movies were gangster flicks. In real life, most mobsters make their living from extortion, prostitution and gambling. But films about the underworld tap into nostalgia among the older generation for a simpler Korea when loyalty, sacrifice and respect for hierarchy counted for more...
That's not what a lot of people want to hear. So life would be simpler if we leave taxes where they are and pay down the national debt to beat interest rates lower. The Bush plan provides $1,600 a year of tax relief to the average family--eventually. That roughly equals the immediate savings a homeowner with a $150,000 mortgage at 7% would realize if he or she were able to refinance...
...Call your representatives to address this issue," he urged the crowd. "It's a lot simpler to do that than to someday stand behind this podium telling people how you miss a loved...
That's why Lawrence Diller, author of Running on Ritalin, says it's tricky to know if his women patients really need drugs--or just simpler lives: "The biggest problem with the women is that they set the bar too high. Nobody could realistically accomplish all these things without taking a performance enhancer...
...1950s scandals, as befits a simpler time, involved simpler skulduggery. It was cut-and-dried: contestants were given answers and were ordered to win or to lose. Stillman's claim, even if proven, shows something much fuzzier. We're not talking about Mark Burnett and Jeff Probst dumping out the ceremonial conga drum and stuffing it with "STACEY" ballots in their own handwriting. The notion is that producers indirectly - through pleading? Coaxing? Leading interview questions? - caused contestants to change their minds. Which led them to vote differently. Which led to contestants' being voted off in a different order. Which...