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...The $460,000, 114-player Fide Grand Swiss at Douglas, Isle of Man, starting October 25, qualifies two winners for the 2024 Candidates and will be fiercely contested....
...The first half of the current $460,000 Grand Swiss in Douglas, Isle of Man, has seen a tense generation battle between established grandmasters and rising talents....
...The $460,000 Grand Swiss and $140,000 Women’s Grand Swiss also ended on Sunday evening at Douglas, Isle of Man....
...Gordon Brown in 2010, John Major in 1997 and Alec Douglas-Home in 1964 all held on until the last possible minute....
...★★★☆☆ Single-minded men are fast becoming the running theme of this year’s festival, with Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro looming this weekend....
...He stood up for civilian control of government against the would-be warrior-king General Douglas MacArthur....
...In 2004, while he was getting a law degree, he was cast on the NBC reality show The Contender, hosted by Sylvester Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard....
...“What he’s proved himself most adept at doing is coming up with one-liners to put down Douglas Ross,” said Curtice....
...Their venue will be the Royal Hall of the Villa Marina entertainment complex in Douglas. Early in December the chess body Fide is expected to affiliate Isle of Man as a new member....
...The new year kicks off on a suitably contemplative note with Leonard Mlodinow’s Emotional (Allen Lane, January), in which the celebrated theoretical physicist turns his attention to the science of how we...
...Additional reporting by Lauren Fedor Letter in response to this article: Draghi’s debt advice works for personal finances too / From Stephen Horwitz, Bethesda, MD, US...
...Their new face is Douglas Ross, a young MP who will be “stubborn and difficult and hard work — but in all the right ways”, says one person who has worked with him....
...Richard Leonard, leader of Scottish Labour, joined a chorus of calls across Scottish politics for Ms Ferrier to resign, but some UK Conservative politicians took a more cautious line....
...He had no trainer with him in Douglas, and prepared for his games alone with his computer....
...When President Harry Truman cashiered general Douglas MacArthur, who itched to strike China, not everyone sided with civilian over military power. Washington now is nowhere near that level of frenzy....
...Douglas is free and live to watch online....
...A sister ship is due to be launched next year. hurtigruten.com US American Airlines is to retire its final McDonnell Douglas MD-80 this year, after 36 years flying the aircraft....
...Radoslaw Wojtaszek won at Douglas with 7/9 after a speed tie-break, but the Pole admitted to mixed feelings....
...philip.stephens@ft.com Letter in response to this column: Welcome to the realities of playing by others’ rules / From T R Murphy, Bethesda, MD, US...
...Thank you, Douglas Adams. You may think devoting so much time to a review process is crazy. But in an investment bank, your staff are your assets....
...‘Bit Rot’, Douglas Coupland’s new collection of stories and essays, is published by William Heinemann (£20)....
...Long may it be learnt / From Sir Andrew Cook, Sheffield, S Yorks, UK Latin is so rarely used now that it makes security easy / From Douglas Krauze, Warwick, NY, US Not dead but alive and well — and even...
...Mr Powell met his wife Elissa Leonard, a film-maker, in the early 1980s through his sister, who was her housemate. The two were married in 1985 and now have three children....
...“Historical memorabilia related to General Douglas MacArthur were used by the participants in sexual acts,” the indictment says....
...A four-bedroom home is on sale in the building for $59m through Douglas Elliman....
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