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...less than a minute each by Capitol Architect workers on three special poles on the House side roof (out of photo-op range), typically between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. Since the program began in 1937, some 2.4 million banners have fluttered at the behest of citizens. The biggest flag-flying day? July 4, of course, when more than 2,000 flags can be expected to wave on request. The one-day record was set on July 4, 1976, the U.S. Bicentennial, when 10,471 flags went up and down on seven poles from midnight to midnight (that...
Branagh's spooky portrayal of King Hamlet commanding his son underlines his opinion that it is mainly the ghost who motivates the play's ensuing violence. Shifting the blame for Hamlet's sanguinary campaign of vengeance to the execution of King Hamlet's behest allows Branagh to play one of the more sane versions of the Dane seen in the last 20 years. His Hamlet is not moping and melancholy, but rather a clever and witty theater buff...
Consider New York Senator Alfonse D'Amato, Dole's campaign co-chairman, who, U.S. officials told TIME, recently held hostage the foreign aid of the African nation of Zimbabwe at the behest of American International Group, an insurance giant that is a major donor to the G.O.P. Since 1990, AIG has given almost $300,000 in "soft money" to Republican Party committees, including $178,000 in this election cycle. An AIG subsidiary, Unity Insurance Co., is the only U.S.-based financial-services firm in Zimbabwe. Since 1987 that country has been demanding that foreign-owned financial companies draft plans...
...doing during all those visits. Could he have been seeking political favors for big contributors, particularly those with ties to Indonesia, the home of the multibillion-dollar Lippo Group financial conglomerate that was once Huang's employer? Was Huang a rogue fund raiser? Or was he acting at the behest of the White House--perhaps even the President--to bring cash into the Democratic National Committee's coffers...
...Music Group, and a World Wide Web Site on Pathfinder, Time Warner's ad-infested base in cyberspace. "Twister" is simply another product, albeit an important one, which will affect the health of the Time Warner entertainment octopus. Who ever said that American firms weren't cooperative? At the behest of Time Warner, the consumer is forced to experience intense marketing pressure from all arms of the parent company, even through non-commercial venues such as Time's news division, which seeks to sell its wares to a captive public...