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...“As long as I’m alive, I have to create,” says jeweller Maria da Conceição de Moura Borges (known simply as Kukas)....
...So that reminds us that, no, we don’t have a crystal ball. And yes, we face uncertainty and challenge....
...That is crystal clear,” Hoekstra said. “But at the same time we also have to build the second pillar, which is about the long term, which is about justice.”...
...Boris Johnson is unlikely to have been cleared of breaking ethics rules over the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat had investigators been fully aware of his exchanges with a Tory donor....
...He has been revered by an extraordinary number of the greatest poets and writers of the past hundred years — Eliot, Pound, Joyce, Beckett, Borges, Montale and the great Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents, to...
...He was especially proud of his pièce de résistance, a glass crystal ceiling made up of multicoloured shapes designed to look like giant precious stones....
...As consolation, he turns to Tolstoy and Borges, but “when none of these authors worked, he tried Dan Brown and at least managed to concentrate”....
...“The president has been crystal clear no quid pro quos of any kind . . . I suggest we stop the back and forth by text,” he continued....
...Brodie is a former soldier, ex-policeman and now private investigator....
...“This tape is crystal clear when you listen to it. I’ve dealt with much worse tapes than this.”...
...As a substitute, investigators could turn to the voyage data recorders, akin to a ‘Black Box’ on aeroplanes, from both vessels....
...He had no criminal record and investigators have found no link to international terrorism, despite a claim from Isis....
...No injuries were reported among its 20-strong Filipino crew of the ACX Crystal, who are being questioned by investigators after their ship docked at a port in Tokyo Bay....
...Sadly for its shareholders, two-for-one offers on crystal balls are not among them....
...References to Borges, a discursive storyline verging on the disjointed, and deadpan humour contribute to a build-up of gripping menace....
...By the end, I feel as if I have been watching a film in a foreign language or reading a short story by Borges....
...Engineers, executives, employees, investigators, convicts, even burnouts — they all played a role....
...There is no discernible time lag in the long-distance conversation and Mr Marks’s image is crystal clear on the high-definition screen....
...The investigators’ focus is consequently likely in the short term to be on recovering from the sea the flight data recorders and other evidence that might explain the mystery....
...Investigators identify many practical difficulties with asset tracing....
...An imposing bronze statue of a gladiator armed with trident and net overlooks the lobby paved with delicate yellow Siena marble illuminated by Murano crystal chandeliers from Venice....
...“Calabria is a land blessed by God and cursed by man,” the official said, referring to its stunning coastline of crystal-clear waters backed by mountains....
...In one document seized by investigators, a cartel member describes setting a goal to “control supply and maintain a proper price to survive”....
...EU investigators are already in China combing through its solar panel manufacturers to substantiate claims by European competitors of dumping and illegal subsidies....
...But in its final technical report, BEA, the French air accident investigator, confirmed an earlier finding that the crash, Air France’s worst, was triggered by ice crystals clogging speed sensors on the...
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