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At the centre of Thorns global
operations is a man who
has become a legend for his time:
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Damien Thorn.
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Did you see that woman? It's not
a woman. It's a guy. It's a faggot!
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-Dressed up like a woman. It's a faggot!
-They're all God's children, Harvey.
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..in a career that's already being compared
to that of the late John F Kennedy.
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After majoring at Yale, Damien Thorn
came to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar,
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where he captained the Oxford
eight to victory and won
the Westchester Cup at polo.
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In 1971 he took over
his uncle's business, Thorn industries,
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and in seven years has turned it
into the world's largest multinational,
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producing everything from nuclear
armaments to soya bean food products.
:29:44
And now, at the age of 32,
Damien Thorn has...
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Are you lost?
:29:50
You're not connected
with this programme, are you?
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-This is stage eight, isn't it?
-Four.
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-Studio eight's the next one along.
-Yes. Thank you.
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A brilliant career
for one so young, Mr. Ambassador.
:30:06
Not when you remember
that Alexander the Great
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was commanding
the Macedonian army at 16.
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Of course, that's how many
people view you - as a sort
of 20th-century Alexander,
:30:17
Leading the world out of the
doldrums of recession into
the golden era of prosperity.
:30:23
-You've seen too many
of our commercials.
-But it is the image you put across.
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Well, the image of Thorn as a corporation,
not a personal image of myself.
:30:32
But yes, it's true. I certainly have
tremendous optimism for the future,
:30:38
and I wanna see Thorn play
a major part in achieving it.
:30:41
You have an interest in young people.
:30:43
What are your plans as president
of the United Nations Youth Council?
:30:47
A great many things, but I think
the most important task I have
:30:51
is to help young people gain
a more prominent role in world affairs
:30:56
than the one we currently
afford them, or rather deny them.
:30:59
I mean, what is this arrogance
that makes us think that
we know better than them?