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...Graham Stuart avers that broadcasters do need stars. He co-founded So Television with Graham Norton, an Irish-born comedian who fronts BBC chat shows and game shows. Norton "is paid a lot of money by the BBC," says Stuart, but "what we're doing here is show business and everything relies on a small number of talented people who are stars. They're the reason people will switch on." He adds: "If Lord Reith, a cranky old Presbyterian, could use the entertainment word, then other people should be able...
...Companies are also paying more attention to their reputations because they hope to expand globally. Mainland firms know they face fierce competition for deals not only from well-established Western counterparts but also from acquisitive Indian companies. According to a report issued in May by the law firm Norton Rose, buyouts by Chinese companies in Europe and North America rose to $6 billion last year. But corporate China's anything-goes reputation can be repellent to potential partners. "There will be times that Indian companies, based in a high-functioning democracy, will win a bid or get an investor...
...Crimson, Reville wrote, “We hope not only to close learning gaps, but to realize the promise of our society that one’s destiny need not be determined by one’s socio-economic circumstances as a child.” Jill Norton, executive director of the Rennie Center and a student of Reville’s at GSE, said he is successful because he is able to rise above politics in order to focus on the big picture. “The response [to his appointment] in the education community has been so overwhelmingly...
...Since 2003 London has played host to such political dramas as David Hare's Stuff Happens and Richard Norton Taylor's Called to Account, in which Tony Blair is put on trial for "aggression against Iraq." But the latest offering, Baghdad Wedding, written by Iraq expatriate Hassan Abdulrazzak, doesn't focus on political impact of the war. It looks at what has happened to Iraq's middle classes, in particular those who have fled to the safety of western cities like London, Paris and New York...
...Senator was referring to the fact that the approximately 580,000 residents of Washington, D.C., despite paying federal taxes, have no voting power in either house of the United States Congress. Instead, they have Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who serves in the House of Representatives and can participate in debate but is prohibited from casting any official vote. Norton has been on the job for 17 years, many of which she has devoted to trying to secure more rights for D.C. residents. Since 2001, she and Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman, an independent, have been introducing legislation to provide Washingtonians with...