Crucially, Mr Merloni, who is still chairman, successfully handed executive power to professional managers in 1997, in the process easing his children out of positions in the firm.
It would be ironic indeed if the Internet revolution, celebrated now as a catalyst for reinvigorated citizen participation, were likewise confounded: if websites like Scorecard merely ended up enhancing the power of professional consultants and their opinion polls.
The Apple professional Power Mac line that Hollywood studios would use has gross margins of around 30%, compared with the iMacs aimed at consumers, which have margins of just 20%.
Apple also surprised observers by announcing its refreshed Power Mac line of professional computers.
Compared with the prime minister, an economics professor, Mr Berlusconi looks every inch the professional Roman power-broker.
The doctors' power rests on their professional prestige rather than managerial acumen, for which they are neither selected nor trained.
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The NFL Draft has become an event onto itself, which alone speaks to the power and popularity of professional football despite all the concussion concerns of recent weeks.
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"The no-girls-allowed rule keeps women from accessing that power where they can conduct business and rise in professional development and create their own power networks, " said Veronica Arreola, assistant director of the Center for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
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After years of being cheered on, jeered at and banged up, plenty of professional athletes with brand power to spare try their hand at the restaurant business.
Their vast wealth and power allowed them to establish standards for professional writing.
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"Men's loss of power and control over women has made professional women particularly vulnerable, especially in male-dominated work environments and in public spaces, " writes Rasna Wahra for the Daily Nation.
Bosch also offers professional guidance for customers purchasing a Power Max or other EV charging station.
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Her professional credentials also speak to her power and influence in the fashion world.
Never before, I said, could aspiring journalists write, shoot photos and video, produce and publish without having to grovel at the feet of an elite professional class wielding the spoils of power.
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For much of my professional career (IBM PC, Dell, Power Computing) I competed against Apple.
PS2's central processor, a 128-bit microprocessor developed by Sony and Toshiba, has twice the raw number-crunching power of Intel's most advanced Pentium chip used in professional desktop computers.
But so long as BigLaw remains a professional sector that wields such enormous economic and political power, it is a mistake to urge women lawyers to give up the fight for parity there.
Will she be an Angelina Jolie ( No. 21 Power Woman), whose kids have been a boon to her professional standing and social gravitas, or a Dion, whose definition of motherhood has absorbed her career?
Their emotions range from professional pride to expressions of unease over the exercise of their formidable power.
Productivity is enhanced thanks to the combined power of touch screen and QWERTY keyboard inputs, enabling smooth navigation with efficient and professional input.
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"LaCie is pleased to work with ASUS to showcase the power of Thunderbolt technology in a Windows environment, " said Erwan Girard, Business Unit Manager for Professional Solutions, LaCie.
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In addition, the IRS began a process of certifying professional tax preparers, which is probably a good thing (even if it reinforces the power of the technical industry).
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