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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....
...“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...
...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....
...Douglas is free and live to watch online....
...Radoslaw Wojtaszek won at Douglas with 7/9 after a speed tie-break, but the Pole admitted to mixed feelings....
...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....
...The price spikes are being driven largely by new condos, says Leonard Steinberg, president of real estate firm Compass....
...Her conductor husband, Vito De Angelis, portrayed by Douglas Sills, is on similar career decline....
...Last Futures, by Douglas Murphy, Verso, RRP£20/$29.95 The 1960s and 1970s were, according to Douglas Murphy, the last days of the future....
...The characters are too easily sorted into types – insecure Kate (Charity Wakefield), intense Martin (Bryan Dick), stuffed-shirt Douglas (Oliver Hembrough) and nakedly (sometimes literally) ambitious Izzy...
...The price could range from about $50,000 to more than $2m, says Leonard Baum, a Rhode Island architect who specialises in moving historically significant homes....
...Douglas Boyd, the new artistic director, has outlined plans for 2015 that give the company a clear sense of where it is heading and what it wants to achieve....
...In London, Oscar Wilde conducted his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas at the Savoy while they lived in adjoining rooms....
...~ Pat Leonard 2:22pm Simon: I think that part of the reason for the rapid growth of Moocs has been the opening up of more learning opportunities for older learners....
...Leonard Ingrams, Garsington’s late lamented founder, would be pleased at the way his well-bred, quirky spirit flourishes at Wormsley. …………………………………………………………….....
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