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...“The sharp shards change during the heating process into smooth and soft glass-stones – almost like gemstones, shiny and touchable.”...
...Letters in response to this column: Narrowing the gap / From J M L Stone, London, UK Profit is not guaranteed for private equity funds / From Tim Hames, London, UK...
...J Smith-Cameron, a lower Manhattan resident who voted for Ms Nixon, whom she knows personally, said could see why people would not trust a celebrity....
.../ From J M L Stone, London, UK...
...Nevertheless, they are likely to find that Ms Platt merely packed up her Countrywide desk tidy, not the company’s troubles. Crest’s Mr Stone may find his relocation rather easier....
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...Additional reporting by David J Lynch...
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...Holidays 32 Alison McFadyen group head, internal audit, Standard Chartered Bank 33 Antonia Belcher founding member and senior partner, MHBC 34 Andrew Wilson chief information officer, Accenture 35 Cynthia...
...“Donald J....
...Sir, I found Tiffany Jenkins’ column on the Parthenon Marbles frankly saddening (“Judgment is not set in stone”, Openings, Life & Arts, February 13)....
...Ms Blanco was treated for gunshot wounds but her condition remains unclear....
...An article in the magazine Rolling Stone provided a graphic description of a horrific gang-rape of “Jackie”, a student at the University of Virginia....
...“The Amazigh [Berber] traditions are struggling to survive,” says Ms Lazauskas....
...Partners Dr Jeremy Farrar Director, Wellcome Trust Neil Woodford CBE Head of Investment, Woodford Investment Management Matt Regan General Manager, AbbVie Alan Hirzel Chief Executive, Abcam Timothy J...
...In an era obsessed with celebrity, reclusiveness is like a stone in the shoe: undeniable but uncomfortable. Since Ms Lee pulled back from the world, things have only grown worse....
...Cynthia Robinson, from Pensacola in Florida, launched the case against the maker of Camel cigarettes in 2008, 12 years after her 36-year-old husband died after smoking for more than two decades....
...FIRSTBORNS • US President Barack Obama • J.K....
...From Ms Janet Tavakoli...
...But for all her evident drive, talent and savvy, Ms Mellon displays a childish streak in venomous and personal attacks....
...First up on the schedule was J. JS Lee designed by Jackie Lee....
...By his count, just over 300 were published between 1962 and 2011, starting with J.G. Ballard’s 1962 post-apocalyptic work The Drowned World....
...At VicenzaOro later this month, a seminar given by Ms de Luca will present predicted jewellery trends between now and 2014....
...These were the thoughts that concerned photographer and art historian Eliane Fattal about 18 months ago as she browsed the stock at S.J. Phillips’ Bond Street vintage jewellery and silver store....
...I’m planning to do a lot of rings that don’t use diamonds but stones with meaning. The Victorians could read jewellery almost like a book....
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