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...In his 2018 book A Conversation Larger than the Universe: Readings in Science Fiction and the Fantastic 1762-2017, antiquarian bookseller Henry Wessells outlines a history of science fiction through his...
...Martin Luther King Jr Day: US markets are closed to mark the birthday of the civil rights leader. Five more top stories 1....
...“Oh, I’m feeling very good,” Giuliani replies. “Too good.” “Too good?” “I’m used to things being tight,” Giuliani explains. “I’m used to a race!”...
...I’m smitten by “Granddaughter” (1956) by American painter Andrew Wyeth, which speaks powerfully to me about one of the ways in which we bear witness....
...The Washington Post’s always sage EJ Dionne Jr captures the stakes — and utter recklessness — and points out that “the cruelty is the point”....
...He is in the UK to unveil his first formal portrait painting (other than self-portraits) of a living subject, “Henry Louis Gates Jr” (2020), which he has donated to Cambridge university....
...I would have never gone out and bought one, and now I’m going to be the first in line for a Scout vehicle,” Ruble said....
...Henry ManceFT chief features writer Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life is a fascinating depiction of Martin Luther King Jr — his brilliance, his flaws and his many shameless opponents....
...I’m bombarded [with calls]. ‘Have they signed? Is something happening?’ I was like, you know what? I’ll just chill, switch my phone off . . ....
...His father Henry Jr was all over our history books....
...The new leadership team will succeed chair Andy Levander and CEO Henry Nassau in July....
...Crestview Partners co-founder Thomas Murphy Jr has joined Berkshire Hathaway’s board of directors....
...I’m Joanna Kao, in for Marc Filippino, and here’s the news you need to start your day....
...On “They Killed John Henry”, Earle boasts that, “They killed John Henry, but they won’t kill me”, in a song that references both the folk hero and the old ballad that celebrates him....
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...Hearn Jr, long teased as Silver Spoon by his dad, is now arguably the world’s most powerful boxing promoter, occupying a role once held by Don King....
...“As an impartial juror, I’m going to vote for the side that did the good job.”...
...Right now, I’m planning a TV show about the story of William Henry Savage, an ancestor of mine. He was the first black lawyer in the UK, and he became the King’s Advocate for Sierra Leone....
...— Henry D Wolfe, Chicago, Illinois...
...“But I’m still optimistic. My sons said, ‘Dad, you did it once, you can do it again.’ So this is [just] a setback.” For free-spirited future mom-and-pops, the outlook is bleak....
...Firefighting: The Financial Crisis and its Lessons, by Ben S Bernanke, Timothy F Geithner and Henry M Paulson Jr, Penguin, RRP$16/Profile, RRP£9.99 If what these three men did during the financial crisis...
...Thornberry Sr was a member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; in 2007, Thornberry Jr voted against the renewal of Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons....
...On Tuesday he tweeted that because of the production problems, “I’m back to sleeping at factory. Car biz is hell.”...
...This has helped fuel a frenetic M&A market marked by a number of deals at historic high valuations....
...For reading, I strongly recommend Henry Kissinger’s Atlantic Monthly essay on the dangers of Artificial Intelligence: “How the Enlightenment Ends”....
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