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...And 2024, which marks 25 years of devolution and 10 years since the independence referendum, seems a particularly good year for both reflection and forward thinking....
...The Transat is the iconic piece that sits in the basement of the original SoHo New York Comme des Garçons store where Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke go shopping for a suit in 9½ Weeks....
...Susan Bickley as Mother, Isabela Díaz as the Sandman and Sarah Dufresne as the Dew Fairy do well enough, and Mark Wigglesworth conducts a well-played musical performance....
...Analysts generally believe the quarter just past should mark the bottom of the earnings cycle for the broader market. But the economic outlook remains cloudy at best....
...Sadly, I can’t say the same for Mickey Rourke....
...“The question mark, I think, will be his record on anti-corruption and keeping the country’s political integrity intact,” the person added....
...“I think it helps everyone from the vice-president to the president . . . if she does get out more and then people can see more of her human side,” says Mark Warner, the Democratic senator from Virginia,...
...Rio Tinto has appointed James O’Rourke, chief executive of The Mosaic Company, as a non-executive director....
...And the biggest innovation in Rourke’s production comes with the casting of Rose Ayling-Ellis, who is deaf, as Celia....
...Boehly is leading a £4.25bn takeover backed by Clearlake Capital, Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss and Guggenheim Partners chief executive Mark Walter....
...Farewell PJ O’Rourke, satirist and journalist who sought out political irony, absurdity and hypocrisy....
...Texas governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, defeated his Democratic rival Beto O’Rourke and captured his third term in the governor’s mansion....
...Trump will be appearing alongside other prominent Republicans including Texas senator Ted Cruz, South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, and North Carolina lieutenant-governor Mark Robinson at a leadership forum...
...It even rated a mention in the Court Circular: “The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall this morning visited Cartier, 175-177 New Bond Street, to mark the centenary of the London workshop,” it read...
...Feargal O’Rourke, managing partner at PwC, said the deal could in fact end up being positive for Ireland. The country stands to lose about €2.5bn under Pillar One....
...Which future assassin played Mark Antony in an 1864 production of Julius Caesar, hailed as “the greatest theatrical event in New York history”?...
...But a landslide victory in South Carolina at the weekend and endorsements from former rivals Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Beto O’Rourke helped Mr Biden secure victories in nine states, including delegate-rich...
...The voice of Mark Cousins — lyrical, gentle — cracks as he speaks. “I’m sorry, I struggle to talk about this,” he says....
...Moderate Democrats, such as Beto O’Rourke, are as allergic to detail as are their rivals on the left. What marks the field out is comfort with post-literate politics. Who can blame them?...
...This month’s debate will be smaller than in October: Beto O’Rourke has since dropped out of the race and Julian Castro missed the debate requirements....
...“For Biden it is one more, very big, question mark about how he will perform in the general election,” said Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton....
...Mark Krikorian, the pro-Trump head of the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that wants to dramatically reduce immigration, has already hit out at the deal....
...Even allowing for the crafty hedge in that question mark, the billing was clear enough....
...Mr Obama said his victory would mark the day the planet would start to heal. The higher the oratory, the riskier the magic....
...Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke, Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar will all be duelling it out live on TV....
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