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...Textures are surprisingly differentiated: rain in Normandy thuds in stylus strokes splashed on to the iPad; photo collages from “Pearblossom Highway” to “My Mother, Bolton Abbey” have the sheen of sharp...
...As he points out, most of these fish are Republican since Democrats are a party of the self-harmingly verbose (Adlai Stevenson, Michael Dukakis, Al Gore, John Kerry — the list goes on)....
...On the two potential buyers — Jim Ratcliffe, founder of the Ineos chemicals empire, and Qatari businessman Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani — he is diplomatic....
...In a moment of nearly perfect public narrative, the death of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was almost entirely overshadowed by the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan....
...In a high-profile case last year, Princess Haya, the estranged wife of Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, secured more than half a billion pounds in what is thought to be the largest post-divorce...
...“American fashion is undergoing another renaissance,” says Bolton. Modern fashion influences include names diverse and unexpected....
...Manchester City, owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a billionaire member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family, abstained....
...Trump et al v....
...years ago, couldn’t get approved for anything since, ‘begged’ me for a non Senate approved job, which I gave him despite many saying ‘Don’t do it, sir,’ takes the job, mistakenly says ‘Libyan Model on T.V....
...(FT) How London’s reach will shrink post-Brexit Sir George Bolton was one of the architects of the City of London’s postwar resurgence....
...Though some have collapsed, the court convicted Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi, an Islamist militant, for destroying monuments in the Malian city of Timbuktu in 2012, and Germain Katanga, a warlord, for complicity...
...I can glimpse a red-and-white gingham shirt under a V-neck navy jumper and a pair of antique drop earrings — her “uniform” of the moment — against a room wallpapered in mossy green velvet....
...On Afghanistan, most recently, he had suggested having a meeting at Camp David with the Taliban, the government which was responsible for housing Al-Qaeda during 9/11, again, against the advice of John Bolton...
...Last weekend Mr Trump announced on Twitter that he had pulled the plug on bizarre plans to hold a summit with the original hosts of al-Qaeda precisely 18 years after the September 11 attacks....
...For example, in a 2010 opinion (Chevron Corp v Steven Donziger, et al) handed down from the US district court in Manhattan, the judge wrote that the “evidence at trial established that Donziger, a New York...
...Cullens, London Crossword 16,344: John Williams, Eastbourne, England; Reg Green, Belgium; Graham McKinnon, Salford, England Polymath 1,051: Ian Zant-Boer, Farthingstone, England Crossword 16,338: Ailsa Bolton...
...But read on for the anecdotes, clandestine adverts and al fresco cuts. (The Guardian) A Trip to Antarctica Transformed My Life....
...More than a decade later, the same terrorist group that hosted al-Qaeda is poised to regain control. Its pledges are worthless....
...The hawkish Mr Bolton was appalled. But Mr Trump is determined to press ahead....
...While Mr Bolton was an outspoken Iran hawk, Mr O’Brien’s views are less well known....
...John Bolton, Donald Trump’s erstwhile national security adviser, is tweeting hopefully about the possibility of “regime change” in Iran....
...“It shows that despite the dismissal of Bolton and president Trump’s flirtation with talks, the risk of a dangerous escalation remains ever present,” Ms Croft said....
...In contrast to Jim Mattis, his former boss, John Bolton, and indeed anyone else who has left the administration, Spencer had the decency to lay out in simple terms what happened....
...Economists say a V-shaped recovery is unlikely. Even then it could be two Vs stuck together – a W, in other words....
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