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...Iron Curtain by Vesna Goldsworthy, Chatto & Windus £14.99, 336 pages Rebecca Abrams is the author of ‘Touching Distance’ (Picador) Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...
...To begin getting the local Republican take on Biden’s presidency, I stopped at the home of Jason Shepherd, until very recently the party’s chair in Cobb County....
...The diamond industry’s traditional resistance to change could be a challenge, according to Jason Holt, chief executive of London-based jeweller Holts Gems....
...One woman had altered her “Stacey Abrams Governor” T-shirt from 2018 so the slogan read “Stacey Abrams Goddess”....
...Jason Shepherd, the Republican party chair in Cobb County, an affluent area outside of Atlanta, calls the claims “completely ridiculous”....
...“The primary purpose of our Chapter 11 filings was to address the billions of dollars in claims from victims of recent wildfires,” said Jason Wells, chief financial officer....
...Jason Droege, the executive in charge of Uber Eats, which is under immense pressure to cut costs, is leaving the company....
...The boom has awarded big Hollywood names, such as JJ Abrams, Shonda Rhimes and Ryan Murphy, with nine-figure deals to make shows for streaming....
...Jason Marczak, Latin America policy expert at the Atlantic Council, said the US had thus far been “measured in its escalation of pressure”....
...and Jennifer Aniston, former Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa, and Oprah Winfrey....
...When she and Jason are enslaved by King Pelias (who ordered the golden fleece expedition to rid himself of Jason), she silently bides her time until she can exact revenge and break free....
...Jason Atherton of Pollen Street Social in Mayfair and Adam White, of the Riding House Café in Fitzrovia, are already confirmed as tenants....
...Neill Abrams, the company’s legal and business affairs director, took the biggest hit to his bonus: it fell 40 per cent to £156,000....
...Jason Wu plumped for a classical Odette/Odile look in bouncy ostrich-feather minidresses in white and black (£3,073)....
...Joining Choupette in the publishers’ catalogues this autumn are Parisian Cats (Flammarion), Cat Lady Chic (Abrams Image), both out now, andHollywood Cats (Antique Collectors Club), published on October 29...
...The result, says Jason Wu, gives the impression of a woman who is “strong, glamorous, fearless – and just a little dangerous”....
...With additional reporting by Camilla Hall in Abu Dhabi, Simeon Kerr in Dubai and Jason Liu in Taipei...
...There were guests – deep-toned vocalist Myrna Hague and drummer Jason Marsalis – and a standout young rhythm section who comfortably followed the rhythmic nuances of Wilson’s compositions....
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