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...Christian Coalition in 1997 to found a political consultancy, said he was counting on Abramoff "to help me with some contacts." As it turned out, Abramoff needed them too. In 2000 Alabama was considering establishing a state lottery, which would compete with the casino business of the Mississippi band of Choctaws, an Abramoff client. Norquist and Reed were well positioned to help. "ATR was opposed to a government-run lottery for the same reason we're opposed to government-run steel mills," Norquist told TIME. Reed publicly opposed gambling. It wouldn't do to have casino owners directly funding...
...introduction of the meeting, the Allston Initiative’s Director of Physical Planning Harris Band attempted to forestall community discontent, describing the plans that dominated discussion at the two-hour meeting as “recommendations that are very preliminary still...
...allied to Geldof, Bono and Co. They are global, deeply media savvy and well connected. And they are audacious enough to dream up big schemes - like the plan to promote their trademark white wristband on a vast scale in the days before the G-8 by wrapping enormous white bands around the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Rome's Colosseum, St. Paul's Cathedral in London and the Trocadéro buildings in Paris. They've figured out how to connect with people - and changed the political weather in many countries. How can that be applied to the slog of regular...
Lincoln's strategy resembled John Brown's efforts to invade the South and free the slaves. He wanted Douglass to organize a band of black scouts "to go into the rebel states, beyond the lines of our armies, and carry the news of emancipation, and urge the slaves to come within our boundaries," as Douglass recalled. If the plan worked, it would preserve the Union and end slavery...
...coin-sized MP3 player that can be worn as a pendant and sleek laptops called Joybooks. In May, the company launched a square phone, the Qube, with functions that include an MP3 player and a high-quality camera. A clever TV spot for the Qube, featuring popular Taiwan pop band Mayday, shows typically round objects becoming square, like a basketball being dunked through a net. Lee also followed his bigger competitors into sports marketing by sponsoring the Euro 2004 soccer tournament...