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...Franklin centres on the title character’s mission to France in 1776 to secure military support for America’s war against Britain....
...Now, “the game has changed: I believe more in young artists inside our borders, who are choosing not to go to France to become famous.”...
...It was designed in the 1970s as a “tank killer” and has a powerful gun that can pierce armour as well as buildings, but it is deemed less effective against the armour of modern battle tanks....
...HSBC said it expected to complete the sale of its Russian business — taking a $300mn loss — as well as of its consumer operations in Greece and France, this year, further trimming its sprawling network....
...It’s on resourcing trips – recent ones took them to France, Italy and India – that the friends get to regroup....
...In the UK, Numis analyst Jonathan Pierce says the six big UK banks have £600bn of debt securities, of which two-thirds are already carried at fair value....
...Dozens of sheep’s eyes pierce the darkness....
...With regards to HSBC, Jonathan Pierce at Numis says: “The main focus may be capital, which could fall well below target given a combination of the France disposal and rate related headwind”....
...London’s FTSE 100, Germany’s Dax and France’s Cac 40 all increased about 1 per cent. Futures tracking the US S&P 500 index added 0.9 per cent after the US benchmark fell 2.3 per cent on Friday....
...In the dream, Nakad’s grandfather reassured him that France would help Lebanon....
...A veteran of the Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy recalled returning to France 50 years later, as an old man....
...I’ve always thought the finest performances on screen are by women playing frazzled coppers — see Frances McDormand, Sofie Gråbøl, Helen Mirren or Caroline (Spiral) Proust....
...It now accounts for about 40 per cent of cases in the US and France. Some have questioned whether enough was done to contain B.1.1.7 after it was identified in September....
...It’s not as if you can just get a drill bit and pierce through,” says Carrington, diplomatically....
...We pierce the fatty areas and rub the duck all over with a spice mix. Then it’s roasted on a rack, while a tray of blanched and seasoned potatoes roasts underneath, absorbing the excess fat....
...The other problem is that no one really knows quite how severe the effect on businesses will be so as Numis analyst Jonathan Pierce put it: “Forecasting provisions will be no more than guesswork.”...
...But Pierce knows something more — how to wrap you, the listener, into the narrative....
...Negotiators have told the UK that a blind system with mass derogations and no safeguards would pierce the sanctity and trust that underpins the internal market....
...As “9” on the calendar rolls over to a fresh “0”, many people are desperate for a ray of optimism to pierce the gloom of the daily headlines....
...It became more difficult for legitimate journalism to pierce such bubbles....
...We know by now that he isn’t a Zidane or Modric, whose passes can pierce a closed defence....
...He married Barbara Pierce in 1945 and they had five children. The couple had the satisfaction of seeing their eldest son, George W Bush, win the presidency....
...Droplets pierce the grape skins, and the piercings are then worked on by the bacteria, Botrytis cinerea, or noble rot, producing a sugary shrivelled grape from which a gold, sweet wine is made in precious-small...
...Emmanuel Faber, chief executive of Danone, France’s biggest food group, summed it up at the CAGNY industry conference in February this year....
...In the second scenario, Alain Juppé, a former premier, wins France’s presidential election, to be held over two rounds in April and May. This is also plausible....
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