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...The puzzle was titled “Ding-Dong Ditch”, and had to do with sticking synonyms for “ding-dong” — an American term for “nitwit” or “fool” — into many answers....
...“There,” he said, pointing to a line from MacNeice that I’d highlighted in the text: “Your poet thinks the same as me: ‘That the North begins inside’.” Jaja ding dong! I wanted to shout....
...This was the best Peking duck I’d ever consumed....
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...“I’m not going to say we are absolutely going to put an NME clause in that arrangement . . ....
...Last year, it spent almost $55bn on capex and R&D, up from more than $35bn in 2016....
...Three or so hours later the tell-tale “ding-dong” of the 747’s wake-up chimes echoes through the bunkroom....
...Space Mue, 93-6 Chungdam-Dong The grooming staples I’m never without are Nasomatto Black Afgano – I love the darkness of the perfume; it’s quite woody – and Epicuren skincare that you can only get in the...
...I asked if he’d ever been out to sea. He’d been offered a job on a small boat, but turned it down. He’d once asked his mate about life on the trawlers....
...By contrast, he then imagines himself arriving in contemporary New York with $20 in his pocket: “I’d get there and the first day I’d be like, ah man, I’m outta money!...
...vote for (“I was for Ted Cruz, but now I’m voting Trump”)....
...“What I’m saying is I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense.”...
...A couple of hours later when we pulled up at the hotel, I noticed I’d missed a few calls....
...Does the world really need any more airtime devoted to precocious teenagers who have developed yet another digital ding-dong that will probably force markets to collapse?...
...The sparkling water, the ancient masonry burnished by a lingering sunset, the chorus of quarter-hour dongs echoing out from all sides....
...“I’m sorry, I’m leaving now,” he says. Then he apologises again for the abruptness of his departure. “I’m sorry. Maybe I can see you next time you’re in Seoul.” He shakes my hand. Then he bolts....
...“I’ve been building this rare collection for a decade,” Olsen said, “and I’m just happy to be able to show them in such a positive context. I’d argue that the old hierarchies are changing anyway.”...
...Additional reporting by Emma Dong...
...We’ve done the tour of the museum; now we take in the tour d’horizon of the Istanbul that lies before us....
...If you’re thinking that this will, at best, arrest the nascent and possibly non-existent rebalancing of China’s economy, well you’d be thinking along the same lines as Dong Tao, who told the FT: “China...
...I suppose a club card would be some way off and you’d certainly lose some of the “experience”, but, hey, it’s a price I’m ready to pay. robert.shrimsley@ft.com...
...I’ve had my eye on this little blonde number in accounts; Justine, ding dong. I left nothing to chance. I’d spent the morning sculpting my hair over the bald spot....
...Social history through the story of a single pub, told by a man you’d genuinely want to drink with. Tim Hayward …………………………………………………………….....
...Left to herself, she’d talk about tennis endlessly. It seems almost rude to ask her anything else. I know what I should ask her....
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