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...that they can strike a deal on February 1 to allocate €50bn of fresh funding to Ukraine, either through concessions to Hungary that would allow the use of the bloc’s shared budget, or an off-budget “plan B”...
...“Would Hungary not allow for the realisation of Plan A, I’m sure that we will be able to find a Plan B,” he said....
...Ian Fleming chose the name Bond for his spy because he thought it was “the dullest name I’ve ever heard”....
...Surrealistic choreography by Annie-B Parson — which includes figures showing up randomly in Virginia’s study and Laura’s kitchen or sprawled like cadavers on sofas in Richard’s apartment — conflicts significantly...
...But while the International Energy Agency warned Russian output — normally above 10mn b/d — could decline by 3mn b/d within months, it has proven to be more resilient, thanks to India....
...The International Energy Agency has forecast that Russian output could decline by as much as 3mn b/d. Some analysts see a smaller decline of 1-1.5mn b/d....
...In the case of an EU oil embargo Natasha Kaneva, head of global commodities research at JPMorgan, said Russia would only be able to reroute a further 1mn b/d to other markets, out of the roughly 4mn b/d...
...Down the long, unpaved road is the reception entrance, where the walls in the airy, high-ceilinged Ian Fleming reception room hold framed newspaper clippings and photographs of Fleming and past guests, and...
...And his plan B has been more barbarity against civilians and cities,” Fleming said in a speech to the Australian National University....
...The cutting off from Swift of some Iranian banks in 2012 was one of the factors behind a sharp drop in Iran’s oil exports, which fell from more than 3m barrels a day in 2011 to about 1m b/d a few years later...
...Many countries are in, or on the cusp of, a third wave of infections as the more transmissible B.1.1.7 variant — known in Europe as the “British mutation” — becomes dominant....
...Paolo Gentiloni, the EU’s economy commissioner, on Tuesday insisted that there were “very robust reasons” to believe that the veto would be overcome and that Brussels was not considering a “Plan B” to force...
...The Scottish actor, who has died at the age of 90, won fame playing James Bond, the suave superspy hero of Ian Fleming’s novels....
...Squint closer, though, and you might even spot Birds of the West Indies, written by one James Bond — a book owned by Ian Fleming, and from which he cribbed 007’s name....
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...“He didn’t say what his plan B was,” said another Tory MP. “I don’t suppose he has one.”...
...(FT) Planet Europe The ‘B word’ Brexit day is upon us....
...“I have no Plan B. I have €1m of debt. What am I supposed to do? Put a bullet in my head?” (Jim Brunsden, Mure Dickie, Victor Mallet and Laura Hughes, FT )...
...Two weeks ago the White House said the US was sending an aircraft carrier strike group and B-52 bombers to the Middle East after intelligence suggested Iran might be preparing to attack American forces....
...B. Competitors have long argued that Google is favouring its own services and excluding high quality results offered by rivals....
...my colleagues George Parker, Sebastian Payne and Sam Fleming....
...If you think about it, it’s a good combination: as the name suggests, IFF specialises in flavour and fragrances used in food while DuPont’s N&B business is all about textures....
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...b. Repeated application of this process will completely triangulate the interior of the polygon. Estimate the worst-case number of arithmetic operations needed to complete the triangulation....
...There have been previous scuffles between Canadian prime ministers and US presidents — among them a stand-off between Lyndon B Johnson and Lester Pearson during the Vietnam war....
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