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...So it is with The Killer, the flat new thriller starring Michael Fassbender and directed by David Fincher....
...Michael Gove, the levelling-up secretary, also had a reputation for being a highly demanding minister, said one of the officials....
...“These are people who are sticklers for rules, who don’t want to be political, but to observe good processes,” an official who was at the census bureau explains....
...After all, Trump has never been a stickler for logical consistency. I think he will find it perfectly possible to both express admiration for Putin and to attack Biden for losing Ukraine....
...Tony Blair’s much-lauded delivery unit in Number 10 was quietly staffed by McKinsey under Michael Barber, who subsequently became a McKinsey partner....
...Working from home will leave us sticklers with more time to stickle. So let’s press on.) Plurals can become singular over time. “There are bad news from Palermo,” Percy Bysshe Shelley once wrote....
...Michael Skapinker Working from home will leave us sticklers with more time to stickle. Most of us accept English evolves but have (mis)uses we can’t abide....
...A stickler for wellness, on the other hand, a customer of Goop, might never see 30....
...No, it extends to the bureaucratic understaffing or mis-staffing under the Trump administration that Michael Lewis catalogues in The Fifth Risk....
...But even most of us who accept this have our “stickling points”, the (mis)uses we can’t abide, and working from home will leave us sticklers with more time to stickle, Michael Skapinker writes....
...michael.skapinker@ft.com Twitter: @Skapinker...
...He would whip up cheese souffles for his friends — to whom he was universally known as Muncle — and was a stickler for thank you letters....
...Michael Zaoui: music man When financier Michael Zaoui was a boy he longed to be a conductor....
...But, while he’s on our side, FT columnist Michael Skapinker says we’re fighting a losing battle. Throughout history, humans have gone with the lazy option and shortened words to make them easier....
...Often a stickler for protocol, the Frenchman’s instincts were to persevere with Davis and his successor as Brexit secretary, Dominic Raab....
...A stickler for good English, MTN knew instinctively when to break the rules of grammar or how to coin a word or phrase for effect....
...Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English, by Rebecca Gowers, Particular Books, RRP£10.99, 208 pages Michael Skapinker is an FT columnist...
...In his enjoyable book Accidence Will Happen, he advocates sticking it to the sticklers rather than giving in....
...In the cosy atmosphere of the IOC, his discreet and self-effacing manner won people over gradually, according to Michael Payne, a British director of the organisation from 1983-2004....
...The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century, by Steven Pinker, Allen Lane, RRP£20, 368 pages Michael Skapinker is an FT columnist...
...Karan, in particular, was a stickler for comfort and detail. “Donna really cares about the fit and the body, and that really resonated with me.” His signature shoe is the slingback....
...Morgan Stickler joins from BlackRock as a portfolio manager, while Louis Cuomo has moved from Citi as a private client adviser....
...The pace of academia is slower but the commercial pressure can actually enhance the rigour of the research, since Mr Calagione is a stickler for authenticity....
...Michael Skapinker is an FT columnist...
...michael.skapinker@ft.com ——————————————- Letters in response to this article: All unpleasant and correct / From Mr Jem Eskenazi Subjunctive is not an eye condition / From Ms Susan Codrington...
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