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...The sequence of spines passes hopefully through Ellen Gilchrist’s In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, before slipping back into its state of original despair with Henry Miller’s Insomnia....
...Book selections must spark conversation Great books may or may not set off great conversations, and selecting the eight to 12 books a year that the average book club will read is quite an art....
...I felt lighter, if a touch bereft, and the whole experience, if you’ll allow me to go all Marie Kondo on you for a moment, even ignited a spark of joy. I was also lucky....
...Dancing sparks joy. All her clients are encouraged to share videos where they show off their moves sporting newfound vintage garments....
...Our plea for making these new essential cancer medicines affordable in the developing world is bound to spark concern that the low prices will deter research and development spending for new drugs....
...Ellen Carr, who is also a business professor, shares two pieces of transferable advice: do self-promote — and don’t fear the spreadsheet....
...This bracing exhibition, Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900, sparks exultation and regret....
...Ellen, who did not want her real name to be published, says her husband, whom she says had previously worked as a small-time drugs courier, was killed in cold blood during a night-time raid in their home...
...Defying the odds For many Africans like those in Gambia, used to decades of oppressive rule, even the prospect of democracy is enough to spark talk of rejuvenation....
...Finding Dory is good on bright simplicity, sparing of trite sentimentality and in the market throughout for sparks of subtler sophistication....
...Knightley invests Thérèse with a splendid abandon but her line readings can lack variety, and overall this production casts too few sparks. To January 3, roundabouttheatre.org Photograph: Joan Marcus...
...Often, however, it takes a hardliner to start the conversation that sparks cultural change. Ellen Pao’s lawsuit against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins had that kind of effect on Silicon Valley....
...It’s serious with that enraptured solemnity we expect from Mills & Boon or from Nicholas Sparks, though none of those is responsible here....
...The team first identified the month of a particular intervention by an activist investor and tracked the operating performance and stock returns in the five years following that attempt to spark change....
...The Jumpstart our Business Start-ups Act – the US law that gave microblogging site Twitter’s executives the chance to stay quiet about the details of their initial public offering – is to spark radical changes...
...Another example that might spark litigation is if trustees were to return a surplus to an employer on the basis of an erroneous view of the funding of the scheme after taking advice from specialist solicitors...
European proposals unfairly benefit banks, critics say
...fund managers are frequently being forced to take short-term positions in exchange traded funds to access the underlying high-yield bond market, a new report reveals, as staggering inflows into the sector spark...
...Sirleaf to focus on Liberia’s jobless youth Liberia’s foreign ministry, perched high on a hill above the roiling Atlantic, where its president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf sits, is guarded by a group of smiling...
...This cheerleading fails to persuade those cynics who fear withering economic growth will spark profit warnings and sharp dividend cuts....
...has become the first of the “supermajor” oil companies to venture into Kurdistan, in a controversial move that will be seen as a huge vote of confidence in the semi-autonomous region of Iraq but could spark...
...And a recent report from the rating agency Fitch suggests that while a possible ratings downgrade of US sovereign debt could spark near-term volatility, if US Treasuries were downgraded to double A, they...
...Propose the idea of investing in Chinese equities these days, and the suggestion sparks fierce debates....
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