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...As a Minnesotan, I’m of course familiar with the “Minnesota nice” cultural stereotype, which implies that residents of my state are unusually courteous compared with people from other places....
...Fire is based on the memoirs of journalist Charles M Blow, recounting his upbringing in rural Louisiana....
...“I’m very happy here,” he told me, “because it’s a family. The people are cool.” Sauvignon Blanc is unfortunately particularly prone to vine trunk diseases such as esca....
...“I don’t think I’m that good of a scripter, or anybody on our staff,” he said. “Taylor is obviously a dynamo....
...in Brittany, with an average price of €1,898 per sq m....
...Amundi has a nice picture of La Jument lighthouse in Brittany....
...A group of private equity lawyers from Paul Weiss including Jeffrey Kochian, Gerald Brant and Brittany Harrison have joined Sidley Austin’s New York office as partners....
...Such apartments cost around €6,000-€7,000 per sq m....
...“I’ve been in France for more than 30 years and I’m used to the heat, but not 40-plus degree days for [what feels like] two solid months in summer,” says Bailey, originally from Worcestershire....
...I’m standing in for Tony Barber this week. You can reach me at ben.hall@ft.com. But first, here are the results of last week’s poll....
...I was born in Brittany, which is not known for being tropical, but I always used to swim in the invigorating water there....
...JPMorgan JPMorgan’s Global Outlook came with a nice Joan Armatrading-inspired title (“I am not in love but I’m open to persuasion”), but no imagery....
...“I’m French,” he says (he’s from Brittany). “Why do I have to start a business elsewhere?”...
...Who Groupe Mercure House, Rennes, €3,664,500 Where Just outside Rennes, Brittany’s regional capital....
...PJT Partners has hired Latham & Watkins’ former global co-chair of M&A Mark Gerstein as a senior adviser....
...Brient moved to Paris from Brittany when a young man, initially working as a mechanical apprentice, and started collecting art with modest means....
...“I’m like a squirrel. I have hundreds – they’re such a great medium for paint and great for stashing art supplies or Christmas decorations.”...
...“I’m born here, I’m the daughter of a farmer, the granddaughter of a farmer and the niece of a farmer,” she says as the weed-gatherers finish their day’s work on the beach....
...Another favourite, especially when I have guests to impress, is L’Ami Jean (27 Rue Malar, 7th arr.), a Basque restaurant owned by Brittany-born chef Stéphane Jégo....
...But it was very, very inspired by Brittany, the region where the chef was coming from. Lilah RaptopoulosRight....
...“If Mélenchon becomes prime minister, I’m not certain that he will call [Socialist leader] Olivier Faure to ask for his opinion before flouting EU rules,” said Yann Guével, secretary of a Brittany branch...
...“I’m working with crypto companies to get the word out, to help — we all are,” says Brittany Kaiser, a crypto luminary and former Cambridge Analytica whistleblower....
...“Every time I go out, I meet fellow citizens who don’t like what I’m doing or what I’m proposing,” a combative Macron said on a recent campaign trip to a small town in Brittany....
...I’m off on holiday to Europe on Saturday (so, fair warning, I’ll be away for the next two weeks), which has me thinking about the nature of EU borders and how we cross them after Brexit....
...One of Brittany’s cultural centres is Lorient....
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