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...stabilized, Berlusconi, with Letta at his side, is planning for the future. He announced a proposal in December to tweak the electoral law in a way likely to benefit his center-right coalition in the May 2006 elections. Even more controversial is his plan to overturn the so-called "equal time" rule that currently bans campaign advertising on television. Berlusconi, of course, owns Italy's three main private TV stations. Not everyone is convinced of Letta's eminence. "Letta is a formidable ambassador," says Giuliano Ferrara, a conservative newspaper editor and occasional Berlusconi adviser, "but he's not a real...
...sensitive financial information. Studies from Eastern Kentucky University have found that good credit and good job performance don't necessarily go hand-in-hand, partly because bad credit can result from circumstances outside a person's control, such as sky-high medical bills. Moreover, a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by an African-American woman denied a job because of her credit report raises the question of whether using credit history as a screen leads to discrimination, since minorities, as a group, have had less access to credit. (The case is still pending at the EEOC...
...sample all kinds of fresh Tsingtao beer." But first you have to learn how. A display explains the proper procedure for tasting beer: look, swirl, sniff and sip. Then there are vital facts to master: "The nutritional value of beer is outstanding," says the guide. "One glass is equal to four eggs." Exhibits are labeled in English and Chinese, and a self-guided tour map means visitors can go it alone should following the group become tiresome. Just be sure to reconvene for drinks when you're done. In the tasting room, three generations of Chinese families sit at tables...
Such irrationality is an outcry against the fact that the issue has been divorced from the democratic process. Judges, not voters, created the right to have an abortion. Students of history should remember that although Brown v. Board of Education outlawed “separate but equal,” it was the democratically passed Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that really gave the cause for racial equality legitimacy and impact...
...does not hide the sparkle and sadness of his eyes, the irony the invalid finds in his condition. Ramn's body may be essentially dead, but his spirit--angry, calculating, humorous, demanding--is wonderfully alive. The strikingly beautiful Beln Rueda is Bardem's equal as the lawyer who takes Ramn's case and falls in love with...