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...But Melissa Martinez, 47, was sold. “I like that she’s common sense,” Martinez said. “She’s no drama. I’m hoping that she pulls out a surprise.”...
...Catch-22 introduced one of literature’s immortal characters — 28-year-old Captain John Yossarian, an American bombardier stuck on a Mediterranean island during the second world war....
...“For a while, I thought it was the morally right thing not to sell stock,” Musk said in an interview with the FT, adding: “A captain should go down with the ship.”...
...Florist Melissa Richardson, whose work has been displayed at Mayfair restaurant Sketch, favours flowers more typically considered weeds for her press....
...Geraint Thomas, winner of this year’s Tour de France, Sam Warburton, former captain of the Wales and the British and Irish Lions rugby teams, and the Real Madrid footballer Gareth Bale all came from one...
...Out with his master on a ride in Hyde Park in 1803, Lieutenant-Colonel Montgomery’s dog growled aggressively at the Newfoundland of one Captain Macnamara....
...Comedian Michael Palin is knighted, while Lesley Lawson, aka Twiggy, is made a dame. Author Julia Donaldson and Dunkirk director Christopher Nolan become CBEs....
...“I can’t believe I even have to explain why this is a problem,” says author Melissa Harrison....
...Anything is Possible , by Elizabeth Strout, Penguin, RRP£12.99/Random House, RRP$27, 272 pages Melissa Harrison is author of ‘At Hawthorn Time’ (Bloomsbury) Photograph: Getty...
...Where Poppies Blow: The British Soldier, Nature, the Great War, by John Lewis-Stempel, W&N, RRP£20, 400 pages Melissa Harrison is editor of ‘Spring’, ‘Summer’, ‘Autumn’ and ‘Winter’, published by Elliott...
...More recently, Melissa Etheridge, LeAnn Rimes and Pink are among those influenced by Joplin’s con belto approach (without ever really coming close)....
...“A restaurant might employ 30 people; we needed over 1,000, which is a lot to bring up to the required level,” Mr Lawson says....
...Larger than longères are stone maisons de capitaine — captains’ houses — found in ports and fishing villages....
...He said that trying to negotiate in Europe was “like sending your opening batsman to the crease only to find . . . that their bats have been broken before the game by the team captain”....
...Melissa Harrison Author of At Hawthorn Time , shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Novel Award Sometimes a writer at the peak of their powers expands what literature is able to achieve, and this was the case...
...The 13-Storey Treehouse, by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton, Macmillan, RRP£5.99 Looking for the next Wimpy Kid, Captain Underpants or Tom Gates? Look no further....
...She even recovered, although only temporarily, from the resignation of Nigel Lawson as chancellor of the exchequer. Yet each new departure left her more isolated....
...In 1968, the first British tourists were led ashore by the naturalist Sir Peter Scott, son of the captain....
...I became obsessed by Biggles; I’ve named one of my characters after Captain WE Johns. When do you feel most free? When I’m walking home from the swimming pool. What is your current favourite word?...
...Captain Barroso seems not to have noticed how dire the position is....
...But Judge Melissa Jackson said he would be remanded in custody until May 20....
...Final-year students and sailors, headmistress and married captain all become romantically entangled. Though the premise is factual, the plot is pure fiction, according to Bakewell....
...Captains of industry and hedge-fund guys live here.” Concierges in metal-grey uniforms stand on the building steps....
...This is your captain speaking. As you may have realised, about half an hour ago the ship struck an iceberg....
...A captain in Franco’s army marches over and surrenders to the Republicans on the very day the Fascists proclaim victory....
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