位列议会审议厅的先生们可以向共和国的当轴诸公直接进言，但身居草野、没有这种机会的人，如果看到有什么可以促进公益的事情，便只能笔之于书了。我想他们在开始这一不平常的举动时，内心的变化和激动，自然是不小的：有些人怀疑它的结果，另一些人则顾虑将受到某种责难；有些人抱着希望，另一些人则对自己所说的深信不疑。至于我呢，过去由于论述的题目不同③，这些心情中的每一种都可能在不同的时候对我发生过不同的影响；在目前这一篇前言中，也可能流露出某种心情对我影响最大；但我在写出这篇演说，同时又想起我所呼吁的人时，便使我内心的支配力量产生了热情

The first part of this paper explores whether aggregate media coverage was different for internet IPOs as opposed to a matching sample of non-internet IPOs in the late 1990s. So we read all news items that came out between 1996 through 2000 on 458 internet IPOs and a matching

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Persons freedom to communicate, and their ability to do so effectively, has long been recognized as a crucial component of a society that respects human dignity and provides the conditions for humans to flourish. Government actions that suppress persons'speech and other forms of communication have been rightly subject to scrutiny and challenge Governments have also recognized the importance of affirmative steps to enhance persons opportunities for communications, such steps include improving education and supporting public forums. Communication is not only a personal and political good

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Media and especially mass media like newspapers or magazines are characterised by a number of peculiarities which are interesting from both a theoretical and empirical point of view. The interrelationship of reader

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