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Ryan’s growing romantic feelings for his co-star, Ryan Morgan, made things a bit awkward as the two traveled across the Channel. British law prohibits the filming of sex scenes with three or more people, so production was moved to the more laissez-faire France. “Talking really humanized him,” Ryan says. “Initially I thought he was some dirty porn star, but then I realized he was just another kid with the same ambitions as me.” Ryan doubted, however, whether his co-star...
Hong Kong prides itself on being a bastion of laissez-faire commerce. But one of the pillars of the local economy?the real estate market?has long been a rigged game. The government, which owns most of the land, regulates the supply of commercial building lots through land auctions and also produces subsidized housing for the masses...
...Although amorality renders financial markets efficient, it also renders them inhuman. Some sense of humanity must be introduced." GEORGE SOROS, investor, arguing for a fundamental shift away from laissez-faire thinking...
...what is becoming a political war over the economy, Bush's army is filled with pacifists. His chief economist, Larry Lindsey, is a laissez-faire purist who views most government regulation of the marketplace as futile, even harmful. Bush's Veep is mute in public and argues vehemently inside the White House against any overreaction to the recent series of corporate scandals. The Secretary of the Treasury, the gaffe-a-minute Paul O'Neill, was off in Ukraine last week. No matter. Wall Street has not found any solace in O'Neill, a former CEO without a gut feel...
...perplexing thing about the OutKast dispute is that, in the past, Illingworth and other administrators have regularly recognized the importance of free expression. In fact, the administration is usually so laissez-faire that, according to Harvard Republican Club (HRC) President Brian C. Grech ’03, the administration does not require students groups to seek pre-approval before inviting speakers to campus. Instead, the administration merely asks for notification after a speaker has been invited in case that person is deemed important enough for an official University welcome. Indeed, Grech states that HRC “never notified anyone?...