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...In addition to directing the film, Nolan also wrote the screenplay, which he based on the Pulitzer-winning, 700-page Oppenheimer biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin....
...It seems a fair bet that the philosophical revivalists of American conservatism in the 1950s and ’60s — political theorist and social critic Russell Kirk and William F Buckley Jr, the National Review editor...
...back-cover blurb of his most recent book, Doomed and Famous, a collection of obituaries “devoted to the odd and outrageous, marginal and maverick”, he describes himself as a “figure better suited to the pages...
...This week, Letitia James, the attorney-general, declared she had uncovered “significant evidence” of fraud committed by the Trumps after submitting a 160-page court filing late on Tuesday night that provided...
...The Academy will hope a page has been turned with the nominations of Zhao and Fennell, who was shortlisted for her debut Promising Young Woman....
...Harley, Stockton-on-Tees, England Crossword 16,284: J Vercoe, Dorchester, UK; Anna Bruce, Wiltshire, UK; J Ireland, Bristol, UK Polymath 1,041: Phoebe Sutherland, London Crossword 16,278: Peter Bromwich...
...David Page: The Bank of England has material scope to increase the quantity of its QE purchases in 2021....
...The head of the main US derivatives regulator on Thursday set out a 100-page blueprint to pare back regulation of the swaps industry that was introduced after the financial crisis, calling it a software...
.../ From Gaffney J Feskoe, Woodbury, CT, US...
...Universal Studios paid the Doyle family $15,000 for the rights to each of the films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. “One could scarcely imagine a more suitable pair,” says Boström....
...Enrique L Rios Jr, 25 Rios was from Brooklyn, according to his Facebook page....
...The Kennedy library’s compendium of books on the Cuban crisis runs to 13 pages. Yet Riedel’s is the first to address the president’s role in the Sino-Indian war....
..., 288 pages Frank & Ava: In Love and War, by John Brady, Thomas Dunne Books, RRP$26.99, 304 pages Hucksterism fuelled Frank Sinatra’s fame....
...Ludovic Hunter-Tilney pyramids-live.co.uk, 02392 799 977 J Mascis, January 7, Motion & the Marble Factory, Bristol A slacker icon with Dinosaur Jr in the late 1980s, J Mascis made sloth sound electrifying...
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College More pessimistic than 12 months ago I am more pessimistic despite the most recent data being better than many including me expected....
...In their very different ways, Bush Jr and Obama show the opposite. To Michael J Glennon, in National Security and Double Government, the shifting personalities are mere detail....
...which Pearson, the owner of the Financial Times, has a stake – relaunched the imprint with titles by, among others, Ha-Joon Chang, the South Korean economist, Orlando Figes, the renowned Russianist, and Bruce...
...And were we south of the river and within walking distance of Chez Bruce, Wandsworth, my credit card would reveal my appetite for everything Bruce Poole brings to the table....
...of American Democracy, by Gary May, Basic Books, RRP$28.99, 336 pages The Speech: The Story Behind Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s Dream, by Gary Younge, Haymarket Books, RRP$19.95/Guardian Books, RRP£6.99,...
...“Criminals are using the same malware as in the past, but they are getting much cleverer in what code they are injecting into web pages.”...
..., by J Hoberman, Verso RRP£16.99/$24.95, 304 pages It is one of the most famous one-liners in the history of cinema, which also turned out to be an inadvertent prophecy....
...“J’ai joué la montre,” Hallyday roared with outrageous vigour: I played for time. The Rolling Stones, his old Saint-Tropez drinking pals, would have been impressed....
...JR Smith, chief executive of AVG Technologies, says that the IPO situation for CEE tech companies is likely to get worse before it gets any better....
...POP Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock N Roll, by Marc Dolan, Norton, RRP£17.99, 592 pages A New York University professor’s academically rigorous rather than salaciously rock and roll account of...
...What if he had not been overruled by the new managing director, J Bruce Ismay, one of the most tragic figures in the story?...
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