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...In his afterword, Preston explains that his novel was intended as a “grown-up” take on J Meade Falkner’s classic children’s tale Moonfleet (1898)....
...It’s also a little surprising not to see Washington, DC’s J Edgar Hoover Building here, the FBI headquarters where the aesthetic and the purpose somehow seem to find a perfect match....
...Rascasse, despite an excellent and very amusing essay in The New Yorker by A.J. Liebling suggesting the contrary, is almost unique to the Mediterranean and difficult to replace....
...State department spokesman P.J. Crowley was forced to resign earlier this year after he described the treatment as “ridiculous, counterproductive and stupid”....
...Has also held finance positions with retailers including J Sainsbury and Bells Stores. Robert Loosemore, former executive chairman, 40 Chairman of Torex Retail until September 2005....
...The departure of former UBS banker Michael Meade after just three months as finance director in January 2006 also raised eyebrows....
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