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...Enigmatic figures loom out of the encroaching darkness, smirking officials confront Josef K — GPT-4’s chapters have the sagging earnestness I’ve come to associate with AI imitations of human authors....
...Coach K’s (and Sydney’s) wisdom is yours for £14.99/$18.99....
...The most surprising appearance, though, is that of male actor Kim Jun-soo as mythological beauty Helen....
...Kim K takes Miami on a private equity journey Perhaps the most stunning fact gleaned from a 38-minute presentation Kim Kardashian and her business partner Jay Sammons made to US pension funds and big asset...
...This sector, which espouses the value of diversity for better decision-making and acts as enforcer at the companies where it invests, has failed to make great strides itself, writes columnist Helen Thomas...
...Isis-K has also criticised the Taliban for engaging with the US....
...There is also a heightened risk on the ground from Islamic State Khorasan — an Isis affiliate in Afghanistan also known as Isis-K — following the troop withdrawal....
...Isis-K, an Afghan affiliate of terrorist group Isis, claimed responsibility for the attack, and Kirby said “thousands” of Isis-K prisoners were believed to have been released from two prisons recently taken...
...“We are operating in a hostile environment, in a city and country now controlled by the Taliban, with a very real possibility of an Isis-K attack.”...
...Biden said he had ordered military commanders to “develop operational plans to strike Isis-K assets, leadership and facilities”, referring to the Isis branch in central Asia....
...This is the theme of this little book by Forni of the University of Padua. He takes the reader through the basic realities of budgeting, credit and money....
...Following the bombing on Thursday, military planners are also alive to the continuing threat of another suicide attack by Isis-K, the regional affiliate of the terror group which is active in Afghanistan...
...Kelly says a move by the US government to allow private equity to be included in 401(k) pension plans — which let individuals choose the assets they hold — should add to demand for training....
...Hosted by Helen Mirren, the programme reaches across nine time zones and includes a host of A-list musicians squeezed into a duration of just over an hour....
...1,036: Eamonn O’Riordan, Ireland Crossword 16,248: Nicholas JP Weaver, Manchester, England; Steve Clark, London; DIA Cohen, New York Polymath 1,035: Tony Mouler, Birmingham, England Crossword 16,242: Helen...
...Internationalist in scope, her newest work veers towards science fiction, invoking Philip K Dick’s Minority Report as a warning about state forays into the world of pre-crime, thought-policing and widespread...
...Former students Kevin Young, now poetry editor at The New Yorker and poet Tracy K Smith remember his teachings with fondness and gratitude....
...Be warned: it could ruin you, as A.K. Thomson reports Inside a £1.5m Arts and Crafts restoration masterpiece More escapist fantasy....
...A.K. Thomson shows us around the neighbourhood....
...Droves of buyers are migrating from California to the Pacific archipelago, having made their money in the tech sector, reports A.K. Thomson....
...A prisoner described K-wing as “a war zone, inmates walking around like zombies, high on spice [a psychoactive substance].”...
...We drank some relative rarities including Helen Turley’s Marcassin, Three Sisters Vineyard Chardonnay from the Sonoma Coast, one of the original cult wines....
...is doing almost too good a job of normalising the detestable, particularly with the role of Smith: ruthless Nazi on the one hand, suffering family man on the other, hopelessly reaching out to his wife Helen...
...The narrative shifts smoothly between Max himself, Louise, Sylvie, Helen and Sylvie’s composer boyfriend Bertholdt: an impressive balancing act for such a short novel....
...For once we learn where the music comes from, the numbers themselves (by Helen Park and Max Vernon) tend to sound mechanical....
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