Perhaps only a small boy trained to be a wizard at the Hogwarts School of Magic could cast a spell so powerful as to create the biggest book launch ever. Wherever in the World the clock strikes midnight on June 20th, his followers will flock to get their paws on one of more than 10m copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". Bookshops will open in the middle of the night and delivery firms are drafting in extra staff and bigger trucks. Related toys, games, DVDs and other merchandise will be everywhere. There will be no escaping Potter mania.
Yet Mr. Potter’s world is a curious one, in which things are often not what they appear. While an excitable media (hereby including The Economist, happy to support such a fine example of globalization) is helping to hype the launch of J. K. Rowling’s fifth novel, about the most adventurous thing that the publishers have organized is a reading by Ms. Rowling in London’s Royal Albert Hall, to be b
A. determination to promote Potter.
B. consistence in conducting business.
C. high regard for Ms, Rowling’s request.
D. careful restrictions on licensing to Coco-Cola.
The United States became a rich
industrial nation toward the end of the 1800s. There were more goods, more
services, more jobs, and a higher standard of living. There was more of
everything, including problems. One problem was monopoly — that is, be the only
seller of a certain line of products or a service. In some cases, several
companies that manufactured the same product would agree not to compete with one
another. They would all agree to charge the same price. These arrangements made
it impossible for customers to shop around for lower prices for certain
products. Some people decided that huge corporations had too much power and controlled too many markets. Because of their wealth and power, they could see to it that government passed laws favorable to them. Many people believed that monopoly and price fixing were bad fo A. the production of certain kinds of goods B. complete control and possession of trade C. a big corporation or company D. an agreement on prices [单项选择]喉的内收肌、外展肌及环甲肌均麻痹时,声带位置是()。
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[多选题]我国的现代化是全体人民共同富裕的现代化,必须坚持以人民为中心的发展思想,自觉主动解决()。
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