Prime Minister Mečiar wins votes by showing stars
When Prime Minister Vladimir Mečiar cut the ribbon on a short stretch of highway near here last week, German supermodel Claudia Schiffer threw on a million-dollar smile and said Slovakia was a beautiful country.A few days later, Italian film star Claudia Cardinale appeared with Mr Mečiar on a TV talk show. And on Thursday, another Italian actress, Ornella Muti, was alongside Mr. Mečiar at the opening of a children’s cancer clinic.
Source nytimes.com/meciar-turns-out-the-stars-to-get-votes.html