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...And of course, they've changed the electoral rules for mayors and things like that....
...Drink the finest wines known to humanity, bore each other to death with Richard E Grant quotes....
...Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham, the mayors of London and Greater Manchester, and Anas Sarwar, the party’s leader in Scotland, have all come out in favour of a ceasefire....
...Washington weighs in | US lawmaker Richard Neal has accused the UK of starting to take the Good Friday Agreement “for granted”, as he urged Britain to “find a solution” to the stand-off with the EU over...
...Lars Von Trier, with whom he worked on Dogville (2003), was “a wacko”; Richard Rush (Freebie and the Bean, 1974) he described as “a pompous ass”; and Alan J Pakula (Comes a Horseman, 1978) was a “phoney”...
...For Newsom, a wealthy businessman who served as San Francisco mayor and lieutenant-governor, the solid victory buttresses his standing ahead of his re-election campaign next year....
...Richard Neal, the 71-year-old chairman of the influential House of Representatives ways and means committee, defeated Alex Morse, the 31-year-old mayor of Holyoke in the state’s first congressional district...
...William J. Stokes is a musician and member of art-pop band Voka Gentle. He has written for publications including Mojo, Q, Saatchi Gallery Magazine and Idler, and is a columnist for Sound on Sound....
...Polymath 1,027: Christina Dyall, Chadwell Heath Crossword 16,194: Ross Casley, California; Stephen Payne, Cornwall; Iolanthe Lonergan, London Polymath 1,026: Simon Marks, London Crossword 16,188: Julia Gray...
...Richard Gray, currently HSBC’s global general counsel, will step into the role while the bank carries out a search for Levey’s permanent successor. More here....
...The best buildings were hotels but some, like the Carlyle in Miami Beach, designed by German-born architect Richard Kiehnel in 1941, have been converted to condos....
...Washington, DC, had an African-American mayor. The openly gay Harvey Milk was running for elected office in San Francisco....
...Richard Hayne, co-founder of hipster favourite Urban Outfitters, also said the company’s namesake and Anthropologie brands had been less effective than last year in reading fashion trends....
...This year Chanos sold a minority stake in the management company to boutique investment firm Conlon & Co and the family office of Richard M Daley, former mayor of Chicago....
...Roula Khalaf, FT deputy editor Richard Davies’ Extreme Economies (Bantam Press, RRP£20) is a reflection on human resilience....
...Mr Daley, son of former mayor Richard J Daley and brother of former mayor Richard M Daley, conceded defeat on Tuesday night, putting an end to his ambitions to extend a political dynasty that has held the...
...In the busy Black Friday period internet shoppers complained of technical glitches at websites including J Crew, Lululemon and Lowe’s....
...Richard J Daley college focuses on manufacturing. Its recently-opened facility includes laser machines, robotic simulators and vinyl cutters. Harry S Truman, meanwhile, focuses on education....
...Lawmakers are expected to home in on the exit package for Richard Smith, chairman and chief executive, who this week brought an abrupt end to a 12-year tenure at the helm by standing aside....
...Henry Paulson, the former US Treasury secretary and Goldman Sachs chief executive, and Michael Bloomberg, former New York mayor, have also become Wall Street stalwarts with cosy relations with Beijing....
...Richard Smith, chairman and chief executive, brought an abrupt end to his 12-year tenure by standing aside just days before he was due to testify....
...Separately, there are concerns that white supremacist groups could stage similar demonstrations in Kentucky where Lexington Mayor Jim Gray has announced plans to remove two Confederacy monuments in his own...
...The 56-year-old joined Goldman via its J Aron commodities business, where Mr Blankfein’s career at the bank also started. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he is a graduate of American University....
...Its eclectic cast of attendees included designer Donna Karan, the mayor of Srebrenica, actor Ben Affleck and the chief executives of companies such as Western Union and Freeport-McMoRan....
...Hill also brashly creates fictionalised experiences of the riots for historical figures including Mayor Richard J Daley, Allen Ginsberg, Walter Cronkite, and yes, involves the Nix itself (or so it would...
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