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...Herein lay one of the conflicts of late-Victorian Britain’s view of itself, which not even the fruity depths of the Christmas pudding could fudge forever....
...“The smell from their charred bodies stuck in my nose so much that I found it hard to get [it] off me for some time....
...Given the mellifluous quality it brings to the landscape, it hardly matters that some find it hard to detect distinct musical notes from the Vs....
...That makes it hard to measure....
...Just as war often proves to be an incubator of innovation, lay-off rounds provide a unique insight into the latest developments in the world of corporate comms....
...Ganieva met with prosecutors in 2021 to lay out her allegations....
...Li feared the worst, but the ticket collector merely waved him through, signalling his support for the protesters by making a V sign with his hand and smiling....
...As long as it’s on the table, it’s hard to see things not getting worse.”...
...She lays out why the end of Roe has been coming. She explains how we got here and what’s at stake....
...When organisers brought this to the general assembly, the crowd was not “fussed”, Colvin recalls with a chuckle. “Nobody cared. They just weren’t interested in engaging with it at all.” V....
...We slept nine mandatory hours in a lay-by in “the corridor”, the Calais-Dunkirk road, muttering about being held legally responsible for refugees hiding in trucks....
...The keyword here is “serious”, because a lack of seriousness is the charge that business, often in private, most frequently lays at the door of Number 10....
...After the continuous 10-minute slaughter, at least 379 lay dead and more than 1,000 wounded. Some estimates put the number of casualties much higher....
...Grayson, meanwhile, talks of sleepless nights, remote meetings and the hard slog of keeping up momentum. “We discuss what’s ahead and push forward,” she says....
...The move from Budapest to order the Sputnik V vaccine is being seen by some as an attempt to curry favour with Moscow....
...No wonder Oxford found that fears about finance were poisoning confidence; or that the chance of a V-shaped economic recovery seems increasingly low. gillian.tett@ft.com...
...“The commission is on the phone all day with all the suppliers — they are really working hard,” the person adds. “They are where we want them to be.”...
...Financial markets were hit hard in late February and most of March, when lockdowns kicked in across major economies in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus....
.... ★★★☆☆ Shoe Lady Royal Court (Jerwood Downstairs), London Everyday objects also conspire to thwart Viv in Shoe Lady, E.V. Crowe’s surreal new comedy....
...But with production at Germany’s giant carmakers declining, the Hungarian group has been forced to lay off 180 people, or about 20 per cent of its workforce....
...“The prospect of a V-shaped recovery is absolutely zero,” said James Knightley, chief international economist with ING. “Getting 40m jobs returning in the next 12 months?...
...A strong retail performance is building hopes for a V-shaped economic recovery but exporters are still suffering, she writes....
...US finance editor Robert Armstrong explains why US stock markets remain enthusiastic despite mass lay-offs across the country: they still reflect the — somewhat optimistic — belief in a rapid “V-shaped”...
...“It’s hard to imagine what the outcome would have been for the system.”...
...That caution may even extend to states and regions, including the north-east, which were hit hard in the early stages of the pandemic but have recently experienced much better numbers....
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