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...matter who is picked, every year there's at least one inductee who inspires complaints. "Very few people consider themselves art experts," says Henke. "But rock 'n' roll is a populist art form, and everyone has an opinion. One year we had a U2 exhibit, and people even complained about that...
...several hundred million dollars" to have their logo plastered all over F1, says Andrew Barrett, the company's VP of global sponsorship, who recently inked such a deal. "We were looking for as broad a global reach as we could get with one sport, and nothing else even came close." (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...Government Spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said it was unlikely Prime Minister Abhisit would resign even if the protesters were able to temporarily paralyze parts of Bangkok. "They did that last year and the Prime Minister did not resign. We have the capability and legal authority to clear the streets if they begin breaking the law," he said...
...anti-Thaksin demonstrations since late 2005. Thaksin's opponents say he was authoritarian and corrupt; his supporters say he was the first prime minister to address the problems of the nation's poor. The September 2006 coup failed to resolve the conflict. "The coup made the divisions even deeper. Now they are an abyss," said Weng Tojirakan, a red shirt leader...
...Panitan said that he suspects some red shirts hope to provoke the military into responding with force, or even stage an incident so that the military will be blamed. They would then appeal to constitutional monarch King Bhumibol Adulyadej to intervene. The 82-year-old king, recuperating in a Bangkok hospital from a lung infection, has on occasion intervened to end bloodshed and forge a compromise during times of crisis. Thaksin's opponents have questioned whether he and the red shirt movement are loyal to the monarch...