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...Puzzle 2567 Matthias Bluebaum vs Robert Baskin, Titled Tuesday 2020. Material is level. How did White (to move) win? Click here for solution...
...Lanzino’s production boasts a neogothic steampunk vibe, with all the men in black kilts and stringy wigs....
...He didn’t heal that divide so much as wrap it in a thick black cloak that some would call pessimism and he thought of as reportage....
...The Käfersteige mine on the fringes of the Black Forest has lain dormant for 27 years, its rich mineral deposits abandoned, its gates locked and its tunnels immersed in floodwater....
...Zita Harnot finished off her sheer black Chanel organza dress with the house’s Boy.Friend watch for the 46th Deauville American Film Festival....
...Matthias Feldmann, a senior investment management partner at Clifford Chance based in Hong Kong and Singapore, points out that running costs are relatively modest....
...“Just a short slingshot,” says Matthias Meiner, the 35-year-old chief engineer of the test project....
...Other areas, such as the innovative casting section, were devoid of life, save for the handful of staff clad in branded black jackets shepherding visitors....
...He synthesised this approach with a slogan coined in 2000 that many Greens now see as one of their most potent, “Be in the black with Green ideas.”...
...I wear black or blue, although I’m loving ’80s stonewash at the moment – usually combined with a bit of Alaïa....
...I’d also like some black butterfly loafers from New & Lingwood. I’ve had my eye on these for a while and every time I go in they’ve sold out. Bespoke shirts, from £325; buddshirts.co.uk....
...Finally, do read a clear-sighted essay in Foreign Affairs by Matthias Matthijs on how the EU risks missing the lessons of Brexit. It is the politics stupid, he argues....
...A Kenyan police officer climbed up the drainpipe, over a low black railing, on to a balcony and forced open a blue door on the first floor....
...At a series of demonstrations this week, young men in black hoodies chanted “Germany for the Germans” and “Foreigners Out”....
...London galleries are also on board, ranging from new photography venture Black Box Projects to the longstanding Stair Sainty....
...Munich Kammerspiele’s Matthias Lilienthal faced protests after tilting its output from the classics to explicitly political performance pieces....
...After his success in the recent Ring in Hong Kong, Matthias Goerne’s Wotan was a big disappointment, woolly of tone and devoid of energy, leaving a black hole at the centre of the drama....
...This battle was fought in very black and white terms. Corporate raiders versus experienced leadership. Short-term capitalism versus long-term stewards. Pragmatism versus nationalism....
...Schwarze Null (literally, black zero) refers to the German government’s policy of aiming for a budget that’s either balanced (zero) or in the black....
...The main cause of Switzerland’s ailing market has been “years of currency appreciation” which have caused domestic buyers to look for ski homes abroad, says Matthias Holzhey of UBS....
...Matthias Müller, chief executive, said the partnership “marks the first milestone for VW on the road to providing integrated mobility solutions”....
...Highlights included the surprise top lot of the day, the black chalk “Dido reclining, asleep” by Daniele da Volterra (1509-1566), which sold for £660,000 (£797,000 with premium, est £100,000-£150,000)....
...A central pillar of Mr Müller’s strategy is to restructure VW’s components business, a sprawling operation that some analysts regard as a black hole, sucking up more and more expenses....
...He was wearing a blue rather than a white collared shirt but in all other aspects conformed to his self-appointed uniform: black trousers, black shoes, the string of a pince-nez knotted through a buttonhole...
...Gett, founded in 2011, operates in more than 60 cities, including London, where half of all black cabs are signed up to it. Unlike Uber and Lyft, Gett relies on established taxi fleets....
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