Hints and tips:
...Because of Brett’s appearance, M initially places her as a few years older than her daughter, but later discovers that Brett is in her early 30s....
...“I was getting all these calls from reporters asking if I’d be splitting my time between Harvard and Austin and I was, like, no, this is one of about 50 advisory boards that I’m on,” he says....
...“The Trump folks were saying they’d win by 20 or 30 — they didn’t,” Levine said, referring to the former president’s 11-point margin of victory over Haley in New Hampshire....
...I’m confident there. The buzziest novel of the moment? Nathan Hill’s doorstopper, Wellness. I’ve read it and have an opinion (very favourable)....
...“I’m worried about the courts becoming uber-legislators.”...
...We’d probably be allowed to plant only about a third of the vines we’ve got today....
...Instead, he said, I’m a buyer, at fifty. (As a “buyer” Sam was betting on an intern loss of more than fifty dollars that day....
...If you don’t know what I’m on about: 7pm, Saturday, ITV. If the air fryer doesn’t delight, try the latest Harlan Coben adaptation on Netflix, Fool Me Once....
...I knew I’d need to go farther than normal to chase the fugitive foliage — to northern Minnesota, more than 500 miles away....
...“It’s a difficult claim to bring,” D’Agostino says....
...Between us, we’d like to think we publish a fairly decent amount of interesting articles....
...I hope a definitively South African style of Shiraz/Syrah will emerge, but I’m not sure I saw one when judging last month....
...I wasn’t sure how long the process was going to take, and I presumed that we would go have this meeting, we’d come out and with, I dunno, everything would be lovely, we’d agree to separate and they’d go,...
...Maison des Ardoisières “Silice” Blanc 2020 (Savoie, France) I’d say, “Ardoisières Silice, please.” I’m picking out what makes that wine distinctive....
...(I’m reminded of Garrison Keillor’s 2006 flaying of Bernard-Henri Lévy’s book on America.)...
...But cryptocurrencies are not securities; they are, to borrow a term from Bloomberg’s Matt Levine, magic beans....
...We Need to Talk About Inflation: 14 Urgent Lessons from the Last 2,000 Years, by Stephen D King, feels like my kind of inflation book....
...nomination of Brett Kavanaugh....
...“I’m not one of these people that has a position and stays there. I’d characterise [it] as a believer book and I’ve dialled back a bit since then.”...
...I’m not saying that these institutions are about to go broke. Quite the opposite — the major private equity firms are flush with cash....
...I’m private.”...
...I’m sure those institutions right now are embarrassed....
...When Clara first arrived back at LaunchSquad, she received an email with a list of people who’d left the company, people who’d joined, and everyone who’d been promoted, along with a list of other big updates...
...You’re just like, well, I’m in the Ponzi business and it’s pretty good....
...“Look, I’m not going to change my view on human rights,” Biden said. “But as president of the United States, my job is to bring peace if I can.”...
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