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...The John Bates Clark medal, for example, is awarded to economists based in America under the age of 40; it is a prestigious award and in many cases a precursor to the Nobel Prize....
...He has had close friendships with strident rightwingers such as Alan Clark and William Shawcross but claims to have been a long-time Labour voter....
...Clark has been witness to the rise of both since 1999. Reviewing the book for the FT, Charles Clover said it was a “must-read for anyone hoping to navigate China’s new economy”....
...Top lot was Monet’s “Nymphéas” (1907), with an impeccable provenance: it came from the estate of the reclusive heiress Huguette Clark, who died in 2011 at the age of 104....
...MacMillan places less emphasis than Clark on the Serbian role in destabilising Austria-Hungary....
...Conrad have produced a brand new Asterix adventure that’s all but indistinguishable from the originals....
...“People losing their jobs are going to struggle,” says Conrad Hills at Norman Broadbent, a City headhunter firm. “Bankers have a poor reputation from an ethical perspective....
...Christopher Clark, non-executive chairman, Urenco, the nuclear group. Bryan Ferry, singer-songwriter. Colin Firth, actor....
...Indeed, two of America’s most notorious corporate felons were born Canadian: WorldCom’s Bernie Ebbers and Hollinger’s Conrad Black....
...Executives from Kimberly-Clark, Coca-Cola and Newell Rubbermaid will also be on hand for the most ambitious private sector drive yet to reduce waste and pollution in China’s export-focused manufacturing...
...Islands: A Trip Through Time and Space By Peter Conrad Thames & Hudson, £14.95 This is not the book to help you decide between the Maldives or the Andamans as the destination for a winter break; Conrad’s...
...Travel Compiled by Harry Eyres Islands: A Trip Through Time and Space By Peter Conrad Thames & Hudson £14.95, 192 pages Islands are usually seen as idyllic retreats, but in Conrad’s view they can be prisons...
...The clothes adopted by the ensemble are more reminiscent of Conrad Black at a fancy dress ball than 1940s Europe....
...I have been reading Joseph Conrad’s Typhoon, the least sentimental of Christmas stories....
...This encourages Mike Clark of London Library Development Agency, who says that libraries have been looking at ways of reducing barriers to the homeless using their services....
...But later, at 28, he became Harvard’s then youngest tenured professor and went on to win the biannual John Bates Clark medal for the most outstanding American economist under 40....
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