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...publishing company, an ad agency and the AC Milan football team, Berlusconi built up his Fininvest empire to become Italy's richest man. In 1993 he entered politics, declaring his newly launched party to be a "pole of liberty" - though for many, his sudden political awakening was a transparent effort to protect his own business interests...
...Back in the fall of 2002, Jay was asked if he was interested in being a Master; he, of course, brought the question home to Cheryl for deliberation. Neither of us really knew what the job entailed, and the effort to find out from those who had served or were serving as Masters was not all that revealing...
...says. "The other side has had the field to themselves. And it's time for us to be on the field talking with people." To that end, Hancock and the BCS have hired high-level help. President George W. Bush?s former press secretary, Ari Fleischer, has joined the effort to spruce up the image...
...effort did not prove to be enough as Harvard was defeated 78-65 at the end of the overtime period...
...General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, will testify before Congress along with other Obama national-security heavyweights. They'll have to convince skeptical Americans - as well as NATO allies at a Dec. 7 meeting - that Afghan President Hamid Karzai is a solid partner in the war effort. That's a daunting task in light of allegations of corruption enveloping him, including the disputed August election that gave him a second five-year term...