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...hour workweek, and says it must be changed to allow those who want to work more to do so. And consider the blatant interventionist. Sarkozy brokered the €2 billion state bailout of engineering giant Alstom, angering E.U. members who called it an unfair protectionist subsidy. He also coerced Franco-German pharmaceutical giant Aventis into merging with French competitor Sanofi-Synthelabo, neither of which is state-owned, to thwart takeover plans by Swiss rival Novartis. "I'm conservative, liberal-inclined and I believe in market economics," Sarkozy says. "But when an issue lands on my desk, I don't spend...
...night, depending on the season, you get a suite of two rooms, a kitchen and a large marble bathroom, plus access to the guesthouse's funky art collection. Scattered throughout the 19th century mansion are contemporary works by the likes of American Spencer Tunick and Italians Franco Angeli and Mario Consiglio, which make a nice counterpoint to the classics that fill most of the city's other galleries. Nestled on a landing is Maurizio Cannavacciuolo's sculpture of an Egyptian mummy, but my favorite is a statuette of Star Wars' Yoda wearing a Pope's miter by Australia-born Adrian...
...night, depending on the season, you get a suite of two rooms, a kitchen and a large marble bathroom, plus access to the guesthouse's funky art collection. Scattered throughout the 19th century mansion are contemporary works by the likes of American Spencer Tunick and Italians Franco Angeli and Mario Consiglio, which make a nice counterpoint to the classics that fill most of the city's other galleries. Nestled on a landing is Maurizio Cannavacciuolo's sculpture of an Egyptian mummy, but my favorite is a statuette of Star Wars' Yoda wearing a Pope's miter by Australia-born Adrian...
...Where the loyalty of a fan base has traditionally been organized on the basis of local, often sectarian or political affinities, he notes, that hardly helps turn it into a global brand. In Spain, encounters between Real Madrid and Barcelona still carry the stamp of the team of General Franco (Madrid) clashing with the irrepressibly rebellious and republican Catalans (Barcelona), but that encoded history which enflames the home crowd's passions means nothing to consumers who might buy either team's shirt at a mall in San Diego or a sports store in Bangkok. The challenge of redefining the terms...
...Where the loyalty of a fan base has traditionally been organized on the basis of local, often sectarian or political affinities, he notes, that hardly helps turn it into a global brand. In Spain, encounters between Real Madrid and Barcelona still carry the stamp of the team of General Franco (Madrid) clashing with the irrepressibly rebellious and republican Catalans (Barcelona), but that encoded history which enflames the home crowd's passions means nothing to consumers who might buy either team's shirt at a mall in San Diego or a sports store in Bangkok. The challenge of redefining the terms...