The man's got to do what I ask him to do and he's got to do it now. That don't go over very well.

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In September 1996, Mr De Benedetti telephoned Mr Colaninno, still at Sogefi, which had grown under his leadership into a substantial outfit with operations in 11 countries, to ask him to take over as chief executive of Olivetti.

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Connolly's devotion to the Islanders is so deep and well documented (he even owns a French bulldog named Gillies) that he was initially tapped to narrate "Big Shot, " only to have the film's producers ask him to take over as director when their first choice left the project.

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Then he tried to ask a question and the congressman repeatedly talked over him.

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