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...The Huntington’s proximity to Hollywood propelled him into movie stardom: Laurel and Hardy in 1929, the blue-clothed amphibian waving on Disneyland’s Toad-themed ride, Pierce Brosnan as James Bond damaging...
...New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender athlete to compete in an Olympics....
...Plants naturally absorb carbon dioxide, while layering trees and shrubs can create an effective sound-barrier – evergreens such as Photinia, Portuguese laurel, holly and Italian cypress are some of the best...
...To the Grosvenor family he added Wellesleys, Walpoles, Balfours, Cecils, Stuart-Wortleys, Lytteltons and Talbots to his widening connections....
...Washington chose to be a modest statesman when the laurel was his for the taking. Trump, on the other hand, is a self-promoter without peer....
...On July 28 I will be trying to visit Broughton Grange in north Oxfordshire, where the designer Tom Stuart-Smith worked in 2001 on the central plan for a 25-acre site....
...Aside from Oldham-born Sykes himself, Lancashire has produced Stan Laurel, George Formby (senior and junior), Gracie Fields, Frank Randle, Robb Wilton, Tommy Handley, Ken Dodd, Les Dawson, Eric Morecambe...
...Strange Shores , by Arnaldur Indridason, translated by Victoria Cribb, Harvill Secker, RRP£14.99 The king of Icelandic crime fiction is not resting on his laurels, as the valedictory Strange Shores proves...
...Stuart McQuarrie rumbles volcanically as vendor Russ in the first act while Stephen Campbell Moore makes a more physically combative presence as purchaser Steve in the second than his predecessor Martin...
...Mr Cullum will not exactly be sitting back on his laurels at Towergate, which writes £2bn ($3.3bn) in gross premiums across its companies....
...To my mind, though, the cracking London import was Phyllida Lloyd’s production of Schiller’s Mary Stuart , with Harriet Walter and Janet McTeer magnificent as duelling queens....
...outer border with coloured laurel wreath and ribbon motifs....
...“However, we are not resting on our laurels but looking to push back the frontiers yet again and particularly in relation to hedge funds....
...It is this refusal to rest on laurels, no matter how luxuriant, that characterises the Magnum photographer....
...It can’t rest on its laurels.”...
...Stuart Ross, chief executive of Belhaven, said the deal was a “hand in glove fit”....
...But US market watchers warn that Aim will need to look to its laurels. US and EU exchanges will not allow Aim to go unchallenged for long....
...Stuart Rose, the newish chief executive, is cutting the number of board executives from six to three, cutting out departmental super heads; has changed various senior staff below board level; and is looking...
...Other changes include the departure of Mark McKeon, director of retail and finance, and Laurel Powers-Freeling, the head of M&S Money, which M&S has sold to HSBC....
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