Word: muted
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...sale of 197 million shares in the Mediaset group - which owns all three of Italy's major private television networks - for over €2.1 billion. Some of Berlusconi's coalition partners suggested that the sale, which reduced the Prime Minister's share in Mediaset to 34.3% from 50.9%, should mute long-standing accusations that his combination of media and political power constitutes a conflict of interest. Opposition leaders, including former Prime Minister Romano Prodi, were quick to note that the media group remained under Berlusconi's control. (The Berlusconi family retains majority voting rights in Mediaset, even with a minority...
...murdered during the night, he goes on a rampage to punish those responsible. Marv sadistically tortures and murders at least a half-dozen people to get to Rutger Hauer, the Catholic Cardinal Roark. Marv’s other victims include Elijah Wood, playing a creepily mute cannibal, and Sin City’s creator Frank Miller in a cameo as a priest...
...murdered during the night, he goes on a rampage to punish those responsible. Marv sadistically tortures and murders at least a half-dozen people to get to Rutger Hauer, the Catholic Cardinal Roark. Marv’s other victims include Elijah Wood, playing a creepily mute cannibal, and Sin City’s creator Frank Miller in a cameo as a priest...
...French law was drafted in the wake of the controversial case of Vincent Humbert, who was left blind, paralyzed and mute after a 2000 auto accident. "France's general perception of what is going on in the Schiavo case is similar to the general mood with Humbert," says Cohen. "Most here have compassion for the patient, and are in favor of allowing death because they understand there is no point in living in this state." There is a difference, though. Vincent Humbert expressed a clear will to die. He dictated an acclaimed book, I Ask the Right...
...last Saturday, Clark had the night of her life. She posted 78 saves on 83 Harvard shots through six periods, keeping the Lakers competitive and always seeming to be at the right place at the right time to mute Harvard’s offensive arsenal—every weapon except for Corriero...