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While every year brings a new round of partisan battles in Washington over the tax code, the EITC program is one proposal that satisfies a broad cross-section of the political spectrum.
Directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, it's a mishmash of Hong Kong sword-fighting ghost epics, Kafkaesque virtual reality fantasies, Cronenbergian visions of cybernetically enhanced flesh, Alice in Wonderland surrealism, post-apocalyptic urban grunge, Terminator -like battles of man vs. machine, and portentous lumpen-Zen posturing ("I can only show you the door.
There were dramatic naval battles and a final ghastly defeat for the United States when the British burned down the city of Washington.
In Paris, Le Monde devoted a full page Wednesday to the banana war, predicting fiercer trade battles to come on hormone-treated beef and genetically modified foods, and on the European A3XX Airbus, which is due to be launched next November in direct competition with the Boeing 747.
There have been no battles on its soil since Roman times.