Hints and tips:
...& Dragons....
...In less sure hands it would be chaos, but if you rightly loved Golden Hill, you’ll know to trust the author....
...Magic: The Gathering is (per Wizards of the Coast, the Hasbro subsidiary that publishes MTG and fellow geek staple Dungeons & Dragons) “a trading card game filled with strategic battles and unique card decks...
...The Nasdaq Golden Dragon index, which tracks shares in US-listed Chinese companies, has risen 66 per cent since the end of October, buoyed by the apparent end of the delisting threat and China’s re-emergence...
...New seasons of The Last of Us, Euphoria, House of the Dragon, Hacks and The White Lotus have been delayed, while Emily in Paris and Stranger Things have no fixed date....
...The MSCI ACWI returned 8.48 per cent annualised in the 10 years to the end of 2023, while the MSCI USA index returned 11.98 per cent....
...And check out Copper Mountain for some amazing groomers [ski runs that are kept smooth and consistent by machine]....
...What you cannot see in the show is that George, future King George V, had a dragon and a tiger tattooed on his arm to commemorate the trip....
...The Nasdaq Golden Dragon index, a collection of US-listed Chinese companies, added 2.2 per cent on Thursday after China cut its one- and five-year loan prime rates....
...The Nasdaq Golden Dragon index of large US-listed Chinese stocks closed 3.4 per cent lower, its worst performance in more than three weeks....
...The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China index has fallen just over 46 per cent from an all-time high set in February....
...China tech stocks set for worst month since global financial crisis A fall in the share prices of Chinese internet groups like Tencent and Alibaba has helped pull the Nasdaq Golden Dragon China index down...
...Some of the gold bars turned out to be nothing more than gilded copper....
...There might be a row of golden gnomes or a model vintage car that isn’t quite a toy....
...The fantastical dragons and dynasties of Game of Thrones became so popular the internet sometimes buckled under the weight....
...In “St George” the blushing, meditative warrior stands, slain dragon at his feet, framed at the pinnacle of a road coiling from a distant hillside town, its walls, domes and spires in glistening miniature...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on January 8 2020. @2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The golden Marilyns secularise icons that the pimply child Andy had gazed on in church; they metamorphose into the pathetic “Screen Tests” of self-indulgent, entitled Hollywood wannabes such as the anorexic...
...With very rare exceptions, such as Fleabag and any crime dramas with a foreign copper, the only golden feature of this current age of TV is the social media conversation around it....
...This was at Disney California Adventure, a newish sister park next door, where the Monsters, Inc. gang and other Pixar characters have taken up residence....
...A back and forth ensues: the pros, the cons, the dragons. “OK, fine,” says Flo eventually. “Maybe I’ll try it again.”...
...“[Is] the idea that you can data test this stuff and predict that people will like shows with dragons?...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on September 13, 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Jankowski designs and makes one-offs in lustrous copper and brass. His materials are constant....
...Closing quotes Lex Apple: USA, USA Won’t somebody please think of the shareholders? Apple found no room for them in Wednesday’s 1,100 word paean to America....
International Edition