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...belief that in the end, “everything is gonna be alright.” This brings us back to the Harvard campus favorite, “Ride On,” which implicitly taunts the slave-owners who think they will forever be able to exert their control over the slaves, saying, “One of these mornings and it won’t be long; you’re gonna look for me and I’ll be gone...
...about to exert his will over the public airwaves. The government is slated this week to name a new board of directors for RAI, the Italian state broadcaster and only true competitor of Berlusconi's Mediaset channels. "This will ensure Berlusconi's control, directly or indirectly, of the whole national television system," says Peppino Ortoleva, professor of communications at the University of Siena. The task of choosing the five-member RAI board is in the hands of the president of the Italian Senate and speaker of the lower house of Parliament, both firm Berlusconi loyalists. The leading candidate to head...
...what do you do?” is closely tied up with the more important one, “who are you?” As staunch individualists and rather fervent egoists, our self-conceptions depend heavily on the work we do, the individual force we are able to exert on the world we seek to shape...
...consumers' benefit. Well-traveled Europeans instinctively know prices are cheaper in some countries than in others, and now it will be that much more obvious. "Manufacturers and multinational corporations will have to explain the difference," says Carmel Foley, Ireland's director of consumer affairs. "That sort of scrutiny will exert downward price pressure...
...Continent." Well-traveled Europeans instinctively know that prices are cheaper in some countries than in others, and now it will be that much more obvious. "Manufacturers and multinational corporations will have to explain the difference," says Carmel Foley, Ireland's director of consumer affairs. "That sort of scrutiny will exert downward price pressure...