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...The Retiro’s foundations lie in the gardens of a monastery, which served as a royal retreat for King Philip II in the 16th century....
...next 10 years women went out in a slip dress”....
...Goodwin is a regular pundit on political chat shows, appeared as herself on The Simpsons, and a memoir recounting her childhood, Wait Till Next Year, was sufficiently authoritative on her hometown Brooklyn...
...Black is in zugzwang (compulsion to make a losing move) as his queen has no safe squares available to retain the guard against Qb7 mate. Chess 2468 1....Qf2! wins on material for Black....
...For example, a player can only move the king, but in so doing would put the king in check, which is not permissible. In war, unlike in chess, the number of actors can change at any time....
...The attendees included former British prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major as well as media tycoons Rupert Murdoch and Michael Bloomberg....
...“But now that more people are living for longer the problems are becoming both more common as well as taking new forms.”...
...As vice-president he was fawning to Trump. Standing expressionless next to the president, he looked at times more like a marble statue than a human....
...She goes for a ham hock terrine and beef bourguignon. I go for king prawns in garlic and chilli oil and glazed roast chicken with lemon parsley dressing and celeriac....
...“Go for it! Swap shares with [him]! Do whatever he wants to do!” the author Michael Lewis told a friend after meeting Bankman-Fried....
...in a new way, John Vaillant’s Fire Weather on climate, and “for some fun” Terry Hayes’ The Year of the Locust....
...He loves being the king of Hollywood. It's great to be Bob Iger. But he's older. Let's face it, the job's not as fun now as it was before....
...Few interior designers are talked about with as much admiration and affection as Robert Kime. Fewer still could number King Charles III among their client list....
...For this reason, in my treatment of people, I do increasingly resemble one of those medieval kings who execute their jesters for being insufficiently diverting....
...London-based Soho House is to team up with “junk bond king” Michael Milken and open a club at a complex close to the White House next year....
...But, you know, you kind of learn more and more as we go through the process. The first time I met him was in the Bahamas when he was the king of the world....
...As King famously put it, people should be judged not by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character....
...He said like, you know, one of his biggest barriers to reading is choosing a next book, like choosing the next book. It can feel like an uphill battle every time. Do you have any advice for that?...
...I like a gig as much as the next man, as long as the next man also wants to get home at the end of the night and prefers not to go three days without showering....
...This has made Dalio the philosopher king of finance, sought after for his economic insight and personal bromides alike....
...But it’s actually exactly what you get in a cemetery, like one plot next to the next plot, which is the same size as the plot that, you know, it’s not comforting at all....
...Don’t collude with your friend (or with the awkward work people). Don’t budge on your dates — either for meetings or the next time you plan a night out. See what happens🤞🏼....
.... ★★★☆☆ It’s undeniable that Venice lost some of its sparkle this year with the absence of Hollywood stars, but for now its status as a launch pad for next year’s awards season should remain intact....
...I’ve rediscovered denim jackets recently – they operate as sort of handbags for me....
...Alexa Chung, Topshop was still kind of king. I feel as though what that, what the film tells and of American style is a very New York moment....
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