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...But then so did the paintings of the same subject by Jacques-Louis David. Napoleon wasn’t, or wasn’t just, a conqueror. He was, over and above all else, history’s greatest bureaucrat....
...He also printed detailed city maps, diplomas, manuals and textbooks for a range of clients across Italy....
..., aka Julius, a former trader who lives in the Black Forest, warmed to the theme of chaos at Number 10 and offered this hidden clue —PM is hapless — trousers a disaster (6) In March, Moo, the handle for...
...Robert Carter (aka Olga Supphozova) has been delivering the same jokes for 27 years but I still laugh out loud....
...Whereas the original could conceivably be a Jacques Brel song, “Rivers of the Soul” has an incense-infused, new-age feel: like something by Enya, one might say....
...Afterwards it’s back to his with friends for ‘‘lots of champagne” – traditionally either Jacques Selosse or Jérôme Prévost. Then a guinea hen and Cornas.” Jacques Selosse Initial, £164, hedonism.co.uk....
...When arthritis destroyed his manual strength, he went back to painting and drawing for the last years of his life....
...(Al-Jazeera) Industrial growth In a new policy paper, the Jacques Delors Institute lays out why the EU’s vaunted new “industrial policy” should look beyond protectionism and concentrate on boosting economic...
...(FT, Corriere della Sera) Chirac tributes Thousands of mourners paid their last respects at the weekend to the late former president Jacques Chirac ahead of his funeral on Monday....
...In the midst of Rio Tinto’s planned disposal of OICOC, aka Iron Ore Company of Canada, via a sale or an initial public offering, the mining group has agreed to sell its controlling stake in the Rossing uranium...
...“All it does really is remove the human — or, in this case, the doctor — from the manual control and transforms their role to that of supervisors or monitors of the autonomous system,” Mr Sujan says....
...Death and disease has come a long way since the time of Jacques Bertillon....
...Steierhoffer delights in displaying Heath Robinson’s illustrations of over-complicated machinery, while Jacques Tati’s Mon Oncle (1958) pokes fun at needless technology....
...Emmanuel Macron, aka Jupiter, has been criticised for not engaging enough with the press since becoming French president....
...Austria’s burka ban 29 people have been arrested since Austria’s “Anti-Face Disguise Act” — aka burka ban — came into force last October....
...Its employees appear fiercely loyal and Saint-Gobain has bequeathed a wealth of top managers to France, including Philippe Crouzet of Vallourec, Valeo’s Jacques Aschenbroich, and Michelin’s Jean-Dominique...
...We could use the late October lie-in to reflect on how in living memory we’ve abandoned the routine of manual time adjustment: opening the mantelpiece carriage clock, ratcheting the longcase in the hall...
...Seeking to exploit the divisions among the left, which rallied to support the centre-right Jacques Chirac in his race against her father 15 years ago, Ms Le Pen has tried to frame this year’s contest against...
...Socialists memorably wore pegs on their noses as they cast their ballots for centre-right incumbent Jacques Chirac, helping him to a landslide victory. Mr Le Pen secured only 18 per cent....
...“People think you should learn screenwriting from a manual. But then, cinema is owned by industrialists and lawyers.” Should a film be a game, I ask? “Yes. A game with the audience....
...Research by Siemens, for example, indicates that wearing a head-mounted display slows down rather than speeds up manual tasks....
...“There” is an older, poorer, less educated segment of the population — the manual workers, casual employees, pensioners and unemployed who feel squeezed and betrayed by immigration and the EU....
...Jean-Jacques Rousseau supposedly had his best ideas lying in bed trying to get to sleep....
...Georges Perec’s Life: A User’s Manual (1978)....
...Each evening, Parmegiani’s pieces will be supplemented by new works from leading electronic artists, including Rashad Becker, musician and mastering engineer, and producer Sebastian Gainsborough, aka Vessel...
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