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...One York student said: “I’m worried this will harm the university’s academic prestige. Lowering standards will ultimately mean fewer people want to come and study here.”...
...“If that bubble pops up green, I’m not responding,” said one. Such issues are partly by design....
...Cher was sung back-up vocals on that Darlene Love song that I mentioned earlier. And Darlene Love, in fact, turns up on her version of that song on her album....
...I’m sorry to say that I just can’t get worked up about the G20 softening the language on Russia and Ukraine in its communiqué over the weekend....
...They’re sitting in a lay-by and, though they may be looking at a perfectly lovely view behind the photographer, inches behind their shoulders, a Hillman Minx passes at speed....
...“I’m often taken aback by how optimistic the property sector is,” he said. “But with the number of 18-year-olds going up, they have reason to be confident.”...
...Operation Hillman was launched and the Sue Gray report went on ice. And it all went in this sort of black box where we didn’t know what was going on....
...Provençal charm I’m writing this at a time when it feels possible that a late-summer, quarantine-free holiday in southern Europe may yet emerge as an undertaking somewhat less difficult to execute than...
...I’m 5ft 1in, so it’s a perfect fit.” Rob Hubbard, car specialist at auctioneer Bonhams, puts some of the revived appeal down to broader market forces....
...I’m off on leave for a few weeks but I leave you in James’s and Kenji’s capable hands. Until next month! Was this email forwarded to you?...
...“I really enjoy working in hospitality but it feels like I’m going to be working years and years to get the money I need,” she says. A helping hand?...
...The deal has further highlighted concerns about weak international rules on competition policy and the effect on global M&A activity....
...It lives in a cupboard, like a dangerous animal, not because I’m snobby about its pleasures but because I’m still weirdly fearful of its power....
...I’m just back from a short trip to the rust belt — and all I can say without spoiling my story is that the mood in industrial America wasn’t particularly encouraging for President Donald Trump....
...This excellent piece from a newly-launched website — The Wire China — explains China’s critical leverage over big tech M&A deals....
...“I’m not sure how the firms will view the placements — whether they’ll count them as just as significant as in-person internships....
...“I’m confident we can work together to implement that decision and work to get this right,” he said....
...I don’t know where I’m going. Now I’ll have to pay more. I didn’t sleep well last night.”...
...In an apparent dig at Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor who entered the race late last month, Ms Harris added: “I’m not a billionaire. I can’t fund my own campaign.”...
...I’m not just saying that they don’t trust computers; they don’t trust people, dogs, ice cream or even the most trustworthy thing on the planet — bacon....
...I’m surprised by all the focus on money. I do my job because I’m passionate about it,” she said....
...“I’m absolutely stunned that everyone went this long and investors let them get away with it,” said one hedge fund manager. Where are we now? Investors remain on edge....
...“It was completed in 1961 and I can give you the name of the architects,” he says, handing me a yellow Post-it with “Dinerman, Davison & Hillman” inked on it....
...“I’m not a Luddite, we’re always interested in new ways to make money....
...“I dislike the marketisation of education in other ways; this sense that ‘I’m paying so much in fees, therefore I’m a customer,’” Richardson told the FT in December....
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