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And doesn't a tax credit ignore the plight of the disabled and their caregivers who owe less than $1,000 in taxes?
On the left, Alexander Cockburn declared that Menchú "survives [Stoll's] scrutiny," arguing that his revelations are trivial and that the flaws in Menchú's account of her life are transcended by her success in bringing world attention to the plight of Guatemalan Indians.
Billed as the first feature film by Native Americans, this picaresque tale wins reviewers' admiration for being "palpably authentic" (Richard Schickel, Time ). Critics like the story, about a young man and his friend who set out to retrieve his father's ashes, for eschewing "the high seriousness and dubious mysticism" of most films about the Indians' plight (John Anderson, Newsday ). Although everyone enjoys its wry humor and cutting observations about life on the reservation, a few say its aimless plot betrays its makers' inexperience.
The LAT emphasizes an aspect of Brazil's financial plight that should be familiar to American readers: the question of whether or not the National Congress has the will to pass it.
But if the BOJ is determined enough--and if people like me have analyzed Japan's plight correctly--then six months or a year from now Japan may be on the road to an economic recovery more dramatic than anyone would now dare to forecast.