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...Lady and the Tramp offers one of the most unlikely scenes of wooing between two animated dogs, the elegant, doe-eyed Lady and street‑smart ruffian Tramp....
...The Department of Energy (DOE) and the CHIPS office at the Department of Commerce (DOE) both have “other transactions authority” — allowing the agencies to engage in all manners of creative contracts....
...John JarvisLondon E7, UK...
...Number 10 said Mansour — who provided the Tories with £5mn last year which at the time amounted to their biggest donation since 2001 — would become a knight bachelor....
...His new album Glass Knight is a loosely connected song cycle....
...The Chief Arbiter ruled that they had prearranged the moves, which featured a knight dance around the board where the b1 and b8 knights ended up at g1 and g8, switching places with the other knight pair....
...the top boards would sometimes be future England players showcasing their talents, though not always successfully: in both 1929 and 1930 the Cambridge top board hung his queen in the opening, once to a knight...
...Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at estate agency Knight Frank, said: “The economic data has fluctuated since Christmas but the direction of travel for the housing market is up as mortgage rates...
...In 2024, England is the No1 nation in senior chess for over-50s and over-65s, with several gold and silver medals in recent world team championships, plus individual world titles for John Nunn and Michael...
...Ray Boulger, senior technical manager at broker John Charcol, said: “The movement we’ve seen in gilt yields and swap rates over the last week or so is going to give lenders scope to cut rates....
...For one thing, co-founder Phil Knight was a fan of Woods from his days as a teenage prodigy....
...On Thursday, Sunnova priced $244mn of solar notes, its first with the DoE’s partial guarantees....
...They are sensitive about certain targets, such as their leaders, drone and missile storage sites, and irreplaceable helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, Michael Knights of the Washington Institute for Near...
...Take a break from the news It looks like video games may be coming for the novel, writes Imogen West-Knights....
...The over-50 squad fields five grandmasters, the over-65s are led by former world top 10 GM John Nunn, while all five of the England over-50 women hold Fide titles....
...Produced by Laurence Knight and Philippa Goodrich. Our executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Sound design is by Breen Turner, with original music from Metaphor Music....
...That’s why they have to react so quickly,” said Simon Gammon, a mortgage broker at Knight Frank. At the end of 2023 there was a rally in bond markets that prompted lenders to lower mortgage rates....
...john.gapper@ft.com...
...The MP for Bromsgrove, who served Johnson as chancellor and later as health minister before quitting in July 2022, becomes a knight bachelor....
...John Halman, chair at Gascoigne Halman estate agents, said the end of the year had ushered in a slight increase in activity compared with previous expectations....
...Michael Knights, a military analyst at the Washington Institute of Near East Policy, described the incident as “neighbourhood-sized [improvised explosive devices] . . . with civilians living on top”....
...“There’s a nervousness in the market and people aren’t offering [on a property] unless they hear someone else has made an offer on it,” says James Waight of agent John D Wood....
...Dominic John, a 58-year-old director of a business coaching company from Buckinghamshire, recently moved from Val d’Isère to La Légettaz, 1km away, to upgrade from a two-bed to a three-bedroom apartment....
...“He may be temporarily useful, but he is no shining knight.”...
...It came after D’Costa, Black in a French Defence 1 e4 e6, flagged in a winning position with knight and two pawns against a bishop....
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