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...In the UK in 1917, King George V sent 24 congratulatory telegrams to citizens who had reached their 100th birthday. By the mid-1980s there were about 3,000 centenarians....
...When Carney spoke six weeks ago, many policymakers were still confident of a sharp v-shaped recovery....
...Two highly polished, 50m-year-old fossilised Brazilian mako shark teeth are each set with a V of black pavé diamonds and hung on two chains: a gold one and a diamond-cut, silver snake chain with flecks of...
...These are among the questions posed by art historian Susie Hodge and quizmaster Gareth Moore, authors of “The Art Puzzle Book” (White Lion Publishing, October 15, £14.99)....
...24 September 2019 R (on the application of Miller) (Appellant) v The Prime Minister (Respondent) Cherry and others (Respondents) v Advocate General for Scotland (Appellant) (Scotland) On appeals from:...
...But just think of what followed their chosen span: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, wedding cake lawsuits, Brokeback Mountain, Ellen DeGeneres, Michael Sam and Obergefell v Hodges....
...v Hodges, which required the states to license and recognise gay marriage....
...He has likewise declined to say whether he would uphold the equally seminal 2015 Obergefell v Hodges ruling that legalised same-sex marriage....
...What Democrats know — or infer — is that such a fervent Catholic would menace Roe v Wade, which forbade states from prohibiting abortion, and Obergefell v Hodges, which secured same-sex marriage throughout...
...“So much for draining the swamp,” said Adam Hodge, spokesman for the Democratic National Committee....
...Of the two rulings, in cases known as Obergefell v Hodges and King v Burwell, the decision that same-sex couples have the constitutional right to get married nationwide under the 14th Amendment represents...
...Crisis planning v important at Smythson too. Wot if Vogue bans leather accessories in fuchsia, etc? Nick from Treasury is like: ‘Greek economy v small’....
...“It is putting consumer first v anti competitive force. More New Deal than old Labour,” he added. Mr Campbell himself now works for a corporate communications agency, Portland....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...Wendell V. Graham, Washington DC, USA TF: In total about 24 UK stocks can be bought in the US....
...Mine were Richard Burton, that fruitcake voice not yet heavily brandied, as Henry V at the Old Vic in the late 1950s; John Kane’s Puck sitting spotlit on the swing in Brook’s life-altering A Midsummer Night...
...To tie in with the V&A, London store Liberty is also hosting an exhibition by the same name....
...Peter Mukerjea, former chief executive of Star Group India, picked Helena Norberg-Hodge’s Ancient Futures, about the influence on Ladakhi culture of modern economic pressures....
...: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change, by Louis V Gerstner ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....
...In a 140-page report to Congress, Mr Bowen detailed how a hodge-podge approach to the reconstruction effort, which engaged multiple US government agencies with overlapping jurisdictions, led to procurement...
...A number of the 400 diners were more moved by the World Cup, skipping dessert to go into Montreux to a bar to watch Ukraine v Switzerland, a match that yielded little poetry....
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