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...Which political and military slogan originated in France during the 1916 Battle of Verdun? On a music score “p”, meaning quiet, stands for which word?...
...Hans Henri P Kluge, WHO Europe regional director, welcomed the UK’s work on monitoring the measles resurgence and identifying low vaccination weak points....
...Now the ground is shifting again, as “modern Arab countries” are invited to join Benjamin Netanyahu’s battle for “western civilisation” against Hamas....
...In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, what is Dr Frankenstein’s first name? Rusty Nail and Old Fashioned are cocktails made with which spirit?...
...The benchmark S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq rose to their highest levels since August and September 2022, respectively....
...Superhero movies, with their battles of good versus evil, can often be mirrored behind the scenes....
...Blackstone already owns Death Row Records, the label co-founded by Dr Dre that catapulted West Coast hip-hop legends including Tupac Shakur into the spotlight during the late 90s, but the Hipgnosis tie-up...
...Concerns are still the poor metrics borne of weak full-price sell-out, excessive reliance on outlets and apparel, u/p leather goods and still negative China Cluster YTD....
...Dr Mega said Verily hopes to help people making decisions every day about managing their health....
...Just like doctors aren’t like other people, we take an oath and are bound by it,” says Dr Nelson. “The opioid epidemic is a great example of how everything can go wrong....
...P-Funk are one of the most sampled groups of all time, and Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys, Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg made P-Funk integral to hip-hop....
...S&P downgraded its outlook on Walmart from stable to negative....
...Mooted buyer JAB Holding is likely out after its recent deal to buy Dr Pepper. Sachem’s ideas are unoriginal but this means they are also widely held....
...Walton was added to the book’s core “ghost” story late on in its composition. But he emphasises its theme of knowledge as a human virtue, or vice....
...“P.S.,” Mr Kleinfeld wrote. “If I manage to find a native American Indian’s feather headdress I will send this additional essential part of the memories....
...At lunchtime Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 0.3 per cent, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.2 per cent and Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 2.3 per cent....
...Although it denies the allegation that it broke Californian state law, the retailer said it was settling to avoid a protracted legal battle....
...The company’s founder Dr Richard Steeves, an energetic entrepreneur, is upbeat in the statement....
...He has not given any money to senior Liberal Democrats aligned to Mr Clegg such as Danny Alexander, Jo Swinson or David Laws, who are all facing tough battles to hold their seats....
...Apple has faced several intellectual property lawsuits, with a lengthy battle over patents with rival Samsung stretching out over several years....
...And the Irish Free State turned in on itself, its politics reduced to a continual squabble over the lost battles of a civil war – who had betrayed whom; who was the faithful, who the traitorous....
...Facebook shares touched an intraday record high just below the $50 level but the S&P 500 ticked down for the fourth straight day as concerns about the upcoming US budget battles begin to weigh on investors...
...david.pilling@ft.com ——————————————- Letters in response to this column: China uniquely placed in rhino battle / China uniquely placed in rhino battle Tell the old rich men Viagra is cheaper / From Dr...
...That helped send the S&P’s homebuilders index down 2.5 per cent, with PulteGroup off 2 per cent to $20.64 and DR Horton down 2.1 per cent to $23.06....
...The battle over the files of Dr Sidney Gilman, a former professor of neurology at the medical school, has become pivotal in the government’s investigation of a former SAC Capital employee, Mathew Martoma...
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