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...Sarah opened the door with a big smile and gave me a hug. She was dressed elegantly in a V-neck white linen blouse, white trousers and a pair of trainers....
...Dixon, Richmond, England; Chris Bennette, Oxfordshire, England; Mark Rushworth, Woking, England Polymath 1,046: C & D Barden, Cambridge, England Crossword 16,308: Chris Coleman, Cheltenham, England; Mark...
...Or do you just want to see a picture of a cat? Fine, here’s a cat: Now on with the strategy bumf. Here’s Barclays: [C]aution remains warranted....
...some catch-up M&A in 2021, we would expect a lower amount in 2020-21 versus our previous forecasts....
...The ONS estimates the value of land and assets-over-land to be over £5tn compared to a GDP of c£2tn....
...poet and former Björk collaborator tells the story of Mani Steinn, a gay orphaned teenager trying to get by as his country wakes up to independence....
...Overlooked for a peerage by the Conservative party, he reinvented himself as the biggest donor to Nigel Farage’s UK Independence party....
...Group D Daniamant Darcast Crankshafts Dawnus International Design Blue t/a D3O Dismatec The Dreyfuss Group E Edina UK Edinburgh Arts & Entertainment Ekioh Electronic Temperature Instruments...
...The maître d’ follows, saying anxiously: “I’m going to get in trouble with Mr Perelman for letting you get the meal.”...
...Plan D , by Simon Urban, Harvill Secker, RRP£14.99, 528 pages A procedural with a twist, set in a Germany where the wall never fell....
...I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen, by Sylvie Simmons, Jonathan Cape, RRP£20 A well-rounded portrait of the poet-singer, who comes across as a depressive sensualist; his dry wit finds an echo in Simmons...
...“I have a lot of plan B, C, D, E, and F in effect,” he adds. What’s plan A, I ask? “Plan A is to make movies. The one thing I can’t do right now.” He finds himself in a cinematic no-man’s land....
...For every Fifth Avenue, there’s a Mumbai slum; for every Sorbonne, there’s a D.C. high school guarded by metal detectors....
...“I couldn’t put it better than Woody Allen does, ‘Just give me a good game and a good beer.’ I’m just like the next guy.”...
...I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready to take a ten percent chance on change....
...(c) to establish a National Economic Council, composed of representatives of the Parties and of the following sectors: (i) Manufacturing (ii) Agriculture (iii) Mining (iv) Tourism (v) Commerce (vi)...
...For every 100 Big Macs sold, 30-50 Ms cross the counter; in France, 17 per cent of customers saying the “M” is their favourite McDonald’s burger....
...“We used to joke that neoconservatives were liberals who’d been mugged by reality,” Bolton replied. “I have always been a conservative....
...Diary of a Bad Year By J.M....
...Blue Note Sessions Nigel Kennedy Blue Note The stubble-cheeked violinist, accompanied by a first-rate rhythm section, delivers a modern review of some Blue Note classics, and makes a surprisingly good...
...Q: I’m a trustee of an office furniture recycling social enterprise called Green-Works....
...Michael V....
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