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...business.' Someone's got to push this change, and it has to be us." As Ramanathan has been telling her radio listeners, "Start with getting your voter registration. Start by voting." Of course, it's precisely that expected backlash at the polls that politicians are positioning themselves to exploit...
...Clarkson is key to Top Gear 's on-air attitude, but he and Wilman are also crucial when it comes to squeezing cash out of the brand. The men work closely with Global Brands, the BBC Worldwide unit set up last year to exploit some of the broadcaster's most marketable shows. Merchandising spin-offs - from Top Gear-branded cakes to video games - need the pair's approval long before the goodies hit store shelves. And rather than pay Clarkson and Wilman out of the cash that comes from TV licenses, BBC Worldwide last year took a stake in Bedder...
...year ago.”Harvard lost all of its road games last year, but the Crimson beat UNH 72-67 at home last November and won a thriller two years ago against the Wildcats on the road in overtime. To keep up the streak, Harvard may look to exploit its advantage inside.“I think one of the things we feel really confident in is our big men and their post game,” Pusar said. “They have the ability to be strong down low and pass out, that’s what...
...Kurds have signed contracts with foreign oil companies to exploit oil fields in their region, contracts that Baghdad's Oil Ministry says are illegal. In his comments last week, Prime Minister al-Maliki made it clear that the central government must have full responsibility over security, sovereignty and "other issues". "If there is no clear vision of the political system and sovereignty, we will turn into real governments fighting each other," he said...
...that doesn't necessarily mean you're sexually uninteresting to someone else in the crowded family manse - but none of this turns A Christmas Tale into a farce. Desplechin is aware of the humorous cross-currents in the film, but he's not out to exploit them. He's a more serious filmmaker than that, interested in exploring the wayward, occasionally inexplicable tensions of a group bound together more by the accidents of birth than by any true communality of interests. Families are supposed to love one another - that's the social convention. But lots of times they...