Through political patronage, he created a near-monopoly of commercial TV. He entranced viewers with a glitzy carousel of scantily dressed showgirls.
With 80 percent of Italians getting information only from TV, the adoring audience was a ready-made electorate.
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It was just over two centuries ago that the global population was 1 billion — in 1804.
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Over the last four years the military has tripled its investment in technologies like biofuels, solar panels and electric vehicles. The Defense Department spends $1.2 billion a year on alternative energy.
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He was appointed by President Ford in 1975, and retired after 35 years on the bench.
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Meanwhile, the expressions “proletariat,” “class struggle” and “the masses” are only about a quarter as common in the pages of the New Left Review today as they were in the 1970s.
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The 90-minute operation took place on a yacht. Today, there is a fully-functional OR on Air Force One.
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