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...This week he joined a call with Biden and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arranged by the campaign to celebrate the 14th anniversary of his signature healthcare law....
...Harold Hamm, a shale oil magnate who co-chaired Paulson’s event, told the FT’s Jamie Smyth that the $50mn showed Trump’s fundraising was in “very, very good shape”....
...Lyndon Johnson might have paid more heed to Harold Wilson, who kept Britain out of the Vietnam war, the only time the UK has not stood shoulder-to-shoulder with America in a serious war....
...Should the much-desired V-shape recovery arrive, Mr Sunak will be credited, but Mr Johnson will remain popular. If the downturn is severe, he is the one in charge of the finances....
...Shadbolt, New Jersey, US Crossword 16,320: Robert Holloway, Paris, France; Michael Shipster, Winchester, England; S Fisher, London, England Polymath 1,047: Nicholas Hartley, Belgium Crossword 16,314: A...
...(FT) Boris Johnson in Northern Ireland Devolved government returned to Northern Ireland over the weekend after a three-year absence....
...She references an item from the V&A’s collection — the vast Great Bed of Ware (1590) which featured in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (1601) and Ben Johnson’s Epiconene (1609)....
...Wrestling’s good v bad, real v fake storylines provide clarity. What’s vital is this — fictional storylines can unleash genuine emotion....
...Hardly, surprising, then, that Remain v Leave is also about Dave v Boris....
...There is a long tradition in libraries and museums, such as the V&A, for conserving them. Not so with transparencies....
...POP Ziggyology , by Simon Goddard, Ebury Press, £20, 352 pages After the comeback and the V&A retrospective comes Bowie fatigue. Do we need more adulation?...
...Oh, and I always tried to get Marlon Brando and could never really convince him …And I would love to have a conversation with Nancy Reagan....
...This year’s anniversary production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, a product of 1958, is just one reminder....
...The esteem prize went to James Shapiro’s 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare - winner of the 2006 Samuel Johnson award....
...Johnson led the nation into Vietnam war, then faced not running for a second elected term....
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