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...In his first week in office, Lula, whom Barack Obama once called “the most popular politician on Earth”, pushed to halt Amazon deforestation and make Brazil a green superpower....
...Nicholas II of Russia, Edward VII and George V of Great Britain, Chulalongkorn of Siam and the Duc d’Orléans were among its early patrons....
...on 400 years of opera, in partnership with London’s V&A museum....
...Nor has Britain seen the emergence of any new production companies to match Working Title, the Universal-backed but proudly British outfit behind Four Weddings, Bridget Jones, Darkest Hour et al, or independent...
...“After 2003, Basra was supposed to experience a true renaissance . . . How could we be satisfied? Of course we aren’t.”...
...About a third of the 2000 sq ft floating home is taken up by the train car which was sliced in half and set in a ‘V’ shape on top of a concrete base....
...So, Bernanke et al are now going to be increasingly targeting longer-term interest rates as a means to revive growth, mitigate double-dip risks and avoid a potentially destabilizing deflationary experience...
...A judge in Regina v....
...Highlights this year include the soul singer Al Green and a free concert by AR Rahman, the Indian composer and songwriter who won an Oscar for his work on Slumdog Millionaire....
...“A rally past the first week of May would force us to reconsider this view, as it would suggest a ‘V’ bottom is more likely.”...
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...It is linear and the colour scheme has been kept to cream and a palette of pale greys and greens....
...Desirable precedents include Egyptian alabaster vials, Renaissance silver pomanders and Louis XV porcelain flacons....
...Boone Pickens et al, you have to look at their views with a jaundiced eye. After all, Mr Pickens manages a $4bn energy hedge fund. So he obviously has a vested interest in the direction of prices....
...He was a “working man of the theatre” - arguably (but not in every respect) superior to Dekker, Middleton, Jonson et al, and no different in kind. He lived in a real world....
...Advertising: A powerful “sense” advertising campaign is paving the way for the renaissance of a once-popular brand: Clairol Herbal Essences shampoo....
...THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GUILTY PLEASURES edited by Michael Moran et al John Murray ₤12.99, 352 pages Classic toilet material: its half-page alphabetical entries are eclectic, opinionated tilts at icons and...
...Ponting, Warne et al may have quietly recognised that they’re on to a loser and come round to thinking that it’s time again to start being nice....
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