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Does this make Italy an authoritarian state? Of course not. We are too anarchic to allow anyone to tell us what do for long (they all failed, from Caesar Augustus to Benito Mussolini). Berlusconi has won three elections, lost two, and democracy is alive and (almost) well. Italy is like a postmodern signoria - think the Sforza in Milan, the Medici in Florence - led by a benevolent elder well-liked by his subjects...
...MyMusic's solution is simpler, and far better, I think: it lets you know what your friends are listening to. Like Facebook, MySpace has a news feed, which figures out which of your friends interests you most and communicates their doings to you. So, if my musician brother Seth Augustus (a stage name) adds an interesting tune to his playlist, my news feed will report that. I can even subscribe to his playlists...
...Oreos, doughnuts, and French fries, can no longer be used in food establishments in Boston. Nearly 6,000 restaurants are affected and face up to $1,000 in fines if they disobey, according to the Boston Globe. In an interview with The Crimson yesterday afternoon, State Senator Edward M. Augustus, Jr., a Worcester Democrat, praised the city-wide ban aimed at addressing a general public health concern. He said he supported the initial call for a state-wide prohibition but was “happy Boston moved ahead on its own.” Over the past four years, Harvard...
...There were strict secrets on how to create Chinese porcelain, so European scientists and alchemists attempted for hundreds of years to replicate East Asian porcelain,” Hess says. “China was known as the bleeding bowl of Saxony, because Augustus the Strong, one of the administrators, spent so much of the state’s money on porcelain.” Thus, when the recipe for making porcelain was finally discovered in Meissen, Germany, the tiny porcelain figurines were quickly elevated to symbols of power and prestige in European courts.The speeches given at the symposium, which...
...shown to increase voter turnout, especially among young people. In 2004, almost 59 percent of voters ages 18 to 24 cast a ballot in EDR states, while only 41 percent of their peers in non-EDR states did, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. State Senator Edward M. Augustus, a Democrat from Worcester and one of the sponsors of the EDR bill, noted that the policy would benefit Massachusetts because it has “tons of students.” “If they get excited, they should be able to vote,” he said...