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...“Mitch and I took a lot of . . . ” she pauses, searching for the right word. “Grief for doing so. People thought it was the wrong thing to do as investors.”...
...“Consumer preferences in the US and countries such as the UK, moved towards lighter styles of beer....
...Fear, grief, love and desire are all experienced as physical symptoms as the narrator grapples with the “intimate stranger” he inhabits....
...Set in the 1960s, this tangential sequel to Toíbín’s Brooklyn is a clear-sighted yet sympathetic portrait of a woman destabilised by grief, as well as a meditation on the Irish mother figure....
...He has already extended his term as chairman once but is expected to step down when he reaches 75. There is no obvious successor....
...“She came to the reception of the school and I was touched by her interest, so I showed her around.”...
...As it turned out, the multi-faith approach also made good business sense: it allowed corporations to talk to spiritually minded people without appearing to endorse any one religion....
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