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...fair and balanced” Fox News. But who needs indirect, obscure links? In Italy, Berlusconi saved himself the effort by controlling 90 percent of television broadcasts, directly through his Mediaset, or indirectly, through the state-owned RAI. Furthermore, he repeatedly tried to postpone the elections so that the par condicio law, which gives every candidate equal access to media coverage, did not come into effect. Of course, Berlusconi also provides comic relief. Several years ago, George W. Bush was criticized for suggesting that God wanted him to be President. But, yet again, Italian politics takes this to the next...
...Mandarin Chinese and Shanghainese, she says. For Hartl, dating a Chinese woman means being one of the few whites at her Chinese Student Association gatherings. Being in the minority can sometimes be “awkward,” he says.But in his Matthews Hall entryway, interracial relationships are par for the course. Four of his entryway-mates are also dating someone of another race, he says.Biases about interracial dating can be changed, Jimmy Zhao says. After he told his parents he objected to their joke, they began to adjust the way they talked about interracial dating. Now, he says...
...because, along with whatever dream it is that brings people to Washington in the first place (universal health care, peace in the Middle East, unlimited think-tank cheese plates), one of the perks is the power marriage. Few are aiming for a truly high-wattage pairing on a par with Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn's or James Carville and Mary Matalin's. The hope is to be an equal partner in a couple where you make a difference while also making loads of money and not getting indicted, if you can manage it. Both of you don't have...
...changed by any person in uniform. If professors were sincere about criticizing that policy, they would equally reject any official visit to the campus by President Clinton, who bears direct responsibility for that policy. But I sincerely doubt that that will ever happen. Their attitude is on a par with the feminists who roundly called for the immolation of all naval officers who were even in Las Vegas during the “tailhook episode,” while turning about and defending President Clinton’s actions during the Lewinsky scandal. As a former law student (though...
...while the overall atmosphere scores a powerful hit on the sensations, the cast does not quite measure up to par in generating emotions. Perhaps because the production does not use body microphones, many of the performers cannot be heard over the—ironically “background”—orchestral accompaniment...