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...Northern League. It was Bossi who brought down Berlusconi's first government in 1994 when he yanked his support after only seven months. As a result, Berlusconi has handed the League several top ministerial posts, and made regular visits to Bossi during his convalescence. Berlusconi may be even more eager to please potential allies since he's seen his own poll numbers dip. His alliance with U.S. President George W. Bush combined with the sluggish economy have pushed Berlusconi's ratings down to 43%, according to a Demos-Eurisko poll published last week in the left-leaning La Repubblica daily...
When China opened its markets to foreign investment, no one was more eager to go in than John-Paul Ho. Before the communist takeover in 1949, the company his engineer-businessman father ran was the local partner of American companies operating in China. Ho, a Harvard-trained applied engineer and M.B.A., left a prestigious Wall Street investment-banking job to start Crimson Investment in 1993. At first he and his partners found nothing but state-owned companies with outdated equipment, poor management and, understandably, little comprehension of the concepts of capitalism. "I couldn't find any management teams I felt...
...combining personal narrative and a backdrop of political tension, Kaabour’s film could be seen as a public service announcement against intolerance as well as a slice of life cinematographic exploration of character. While Osama El-Demerdash, eager and willing to leave Canada, visibly shakes with frustration at pending arrest charges for a political demonstration, fellow Egyptian Osama El-Naggar plays poker with friends in a local hookah bar and thinks of French as his first language...
Darkness. Silence. Suddenly a blinding array of bright blue lights blast the eager crowd into “Next Exit.” Smooth chords on the keyboard entice lead singer Paul Banks to inform the audience of their new fate: “We ain’t going to the town, we’re going to the city...
...just when it seems almost ready for prime time, the Net is being buffeted by forces that threaten to destroy the very qualities that fueled its growth. It's being pulled from all sides: by commercial interests eager to make money on it, by veteran users who want to protect it, by governments that want to control it, by pornographers who want to exploit its freedoms, by parents and teachers who want to make it a safe and useful place for kids. The Canter-and-Siegel affair, say Net observers, was just the opening skirmish in the larger battle...