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Here's an axiom of the new budget math for state officials: '80s into '90s won't go. For much of the past decade state budgets were pushed into the black by a buoyant economy that kept tax revenues pouring in just fast enough. In a pinch, states could unveil a new lottery, nudge up the sales tax or practice the kind of creative accounting that shifts one year's outlays into the next. But with the economy slumping and voters raising a fuss at the very whisper of new taxes, the assumptions of the '80s are not working anymore...
That's true. Deconstructionism attempts to unveil the myths which surround our traditional notions of literature, government and economics. We should reclaim them. We should because we need to buy into the myth that we can speak the same language. I'm too inexperienced to know if we can, but if we agree up front that we can't, then it's over. We're better off living a myth than living apart...
With the specter of recession looming across the U.S., consumers and companies have cut back their spending. Yet Swiss jeweler Piaget, whose motto is "Always do better than is necessary," is betting that the time is ripe for a new round of conspicuous consumption. Later this month Piaget will unveil its $1 million, gem-encrusted Aura watch, a flashy bauble that sports 237 diamonds set in an 18-karat-gold band and case...
George Bush brandished the sequester threat in his address to Congress last week. The President's original plan was to use the occasion to unveil a bipartisan "50/500" deal, which would pare $50 billion from the 1991 deficit and $500 billion over five years. For a while, everything seemed to be on track. Budget Director Richard Darman and congressional leaders had made some progress in bargaining sessions that started Sept. 7. But the negotiations bogged down before the speech. So instead of making a triumphant announcement, Bush used his prime-time pulpit to sermonize: "Most Americans are sick and tired...
Tower of trash. In Toulouse, the activist group Friends of the Earth will unveil a 2.5-meter (8-ft.) tall garbage sculpture titled Monument to the Unknown Refuse...