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...Sir Tony Blair, the UK prime minister at the time, issued a similar call for the DUP to end its boycott of Northern Ireland’s political institutions....
...It is often hard in cricket to separate the contributions of captain and coach....
...“I was in a club once and there was a song that had the N-word in it,” says Itoje. “And every time they said the N-word, [a white acquaintance] was pointing at me.”...
...Its eclectic score draws on everything from hip-hop and R’n’B to Broadway show tune traditions....
...“D, U, double N.” A dog saunters on to the pitch. Christie takes his spot at mid-off, encouraging his fielders with lots of vigorous hand-clapping. His younger brother Ptolemy — Tol — captains Firle....
...In 1970, Vic Dana, a protégé of Sammy Davis Jr, took a middle-of-the-road cover to No 72 in the US, sounding like an anaemic Roy Orbison....
...All the better to contrast with the high drama of butting super-heads: in this corner, sometime Iron Man, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr); in that, the sturdy Captain (Chris Evans)....
...), the magazine n+1 has come of age....
...One reporter told me she had said that if colleagues displeased Tony Blair, I would brief against them....
...“Half the Treasury”, according to one civil servant; several captains of industry; Gordon Brown’s chief spin doctor....
...Josh Brolin, most recently seen being chased across Texas by a psychopath with a scary hairdo in No Country for Old Men, plays Bush jr....
...“Tony Stark was a businessman and had this amazing, exciting life,” he says. “Plus, he had a cool suit of armour.”...
...When it falls, we play rock’n’roll,” said Fernandes....
...I say how the fuck can you pronounce G-A-M-B-O-N with an E on the end? ‘What is it?’ they say. ‘It’s Gambon.’ ‘That’s what I said - GAMBONE.’ They can’t do that.”...
...Standing beside him was Thomas Cottone Jr, who became very interested in the array of medals on Edwards’ chest....
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