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...Finally we’re seeing the government taking steps to win the tech race.”...
...We’re also reading . . . America’s transport crisis: The debacle at Boeing and the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge are connected, writes Rana Foroohar, in unexpected ways....
...This week’s we’re looking into Saudi Arabia’s latest push in tennis, and we explain why women’s college basketball is thriving in the US....
...Sport: Caitlin Clark leads the Iowa Hawkeyes towards a potential rematch with Louisiana State University this weekend in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament....
...“We’re still operating in the US as if we’re in peacetime,” he warns. “China now sets the pace for us and we’re no longer a peer or a near-peer.”...
...If you’re a fraudster, a human rights abuser or a violent criminal, then we’ve got some bad news: the Premier League wants to make it a bit harder for you to own a football club....
...Here’s how the Hawkeye State caucuses work and what to expect....
...The film has a hawkeye for the detail of a dancer’s life, toes cracked like knuckles before rehearsals — and for Merab’s routine, humdrum to him but brought brightly to life....
...If talent is what you came in with and ambition is what you make of it, then they’re usually equally important....
...The ODI should perhaps have a re-think. Related Links:Force Google, Apple and Uber to share mapping data, UK advised — Financial Times...
...On the trail How Clinton went corporate When Bill Clinton lost his re-election race as Arkansas governor in 1980, he was despondent....
...“We’re just seeing the raw technology.”...
...After flying to New Hampshire on “Trump Force One” following his loss in Iowa, the billionaire wants everyone to return to the Hawkeye State to re-run Monday’s caucus because of alleged fraud by Ted Cruz...
...The other losers were the pollsters, who had predicted a victory for Mr Trump in the Hawkeye State....
...“It’s a cultural thing — South Korean people tend to work late and stay up late . . . there are coffee shops that stay open 24 hours and they’re pretty successful.”...
...Apparently they’re debating some minor adjustment to monetary plumbing in the US. Hard to know what all the fuss is about: no one seems to have a clue what they’ll do....
...It looks like the Belarusian authorities are becoming serious about re-starting their state property privatisation programme, announced in October....
...The cash-strapped government of Belarus is preparing to re-start its privatisation programme, stalled since last year....
...“Now, in essence, they’re trying to work out how they co-operate rather than go against whole market in order to gain back their prominence.”...
...And if like Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H you’re after a martini so dry it’s dying of thirst, try Tony’s version with grapeseed essence for extra astringency. Cocktail masterclasses are also available....
...Let’s begin anew," Mr Romney said at his 21st and final rally in the Hawkeye State....
...With President Barack Obama running for re-election this year, however, the focus will be on the Republican caucus, an altogether more ordered and less noisy or complex event....
...As Mr Kew puts it: “If you’re being optimistic, make sure you have some back-up if it goes wrong.”...
...Five years after first hitting the stump in the Hawkeye state, Mitt Romney still cannot exceed more than a quarter of the Republican vote....
...“And now they’re saying ‘You’ve got to win to exceed expectations?’,” he said. “We’re going to have a big jump here in Iowa [but] I don’t know what it’s going to be.”...
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