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...sole governmental duty is only "to advise, to encourage and to warn," but that can nevertheless be a vital and important duty. At this stage, Elizabeth for the most part spends her time attempting to learn what she can from her wise first minister, and asking, "How will this affect the average housewife?" In some cases, Elizabeth is empowered to enforce her warning. No minister, for instance, may leave the country without her consent, and Churchill himself had to ask permission before making his plans to visit the U.S. this month...
...formation of the independent social programming board did not substantially affect the structure and mission of FiCom...
...election year, the continuing corruption scandal is a big embarassment to Lula, a man whose measured discourse and conservative fiscal policies marked him as Latin America's moderate alternative to radical, anti-U.S. leftists like Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. But amazingly, it has done little to affect his popularity with the general public, which has shown a steadfast refusal to believe Lula knew what was going on, accepting his claim that "no one in this country can lecture me on ethics...
...great accomplishment.” Another one of the strengths of the production, according to Richards, is the music. “It’s the kind of music that the cast really gets into,” she says. “I want that to affect our audience as well. It is the type of music that you sing, or you’ll hear, and you’ll remember.” Commins said that two of his major acting influences were Rogers and Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim. He compared parts of the musical...
...Ghomi denied U.S. claims that his country?s special forces were operating inside Iraq or that Iran?s military was aiding the insurgency with ever more sophisticated weapons. He hinted at Iran?s growing ambitions as a regional power with references to its ability to affect the security of the Persian Gulf, echoing the sentiments of top military commanders in Iran. At the same time, he outlined a number of conditions for the unprecedented talks proposed with his American counterpart. ?We do not deny America has interests here [in Iraq] and we do not act as a barrier to those...