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...Viewpoints Trump’s rants and untrue statements no longer shock, writes Edward Luce, but they are still frightening....
...The Washington Post’s always sage EJ Dionne Jr captures the stakes — and utter recklessness — and points out that “the cruelty is the point”....
...Edward Spiro, a partner at Morvillo Abramowitz law firm, Mr Vance’s former firm, believes his ex-colleague will not be swayed by such concerns....
...It also sparks geopolitical fears: as Michael Greenwald, a former US treasury diplomat, notes in a very smart new analysis, China is likely to try to use a digital renminbi to undermine the dollar’s position...
...Wadsworth, London Crossword 16,212: Caroline Sproule, Moira; L Stone, Dorset; Nancy Cooper, London Polymath 1,029: James Birkett, Brighton Crossword 16,206: Enda Cogan, Dublin Patricia Cairns, Devon; JR...
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...The air force’s Brigadier General Edward Thomas said air crew had stayed at various hotels near Prestwick that met US defence department cost criteria, including Trump Turnberry....
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...She married twice and is survived by her four sons: Clarence and Edward Franklin, Ted White Jr and Kecalf Cunningham....
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...Harry Edwards is the bridge between those two generations....
...“It is unusual to claim that you have $15m of assets and, as it turns out, you have nothing close to that,” said Edward Taiman Jr, a lawyer who acted for Sabadell....
....” – Donald Trump Jr in a tweet, accusing Obama of lifting the line “That is not the America I know” from his speech in Cleveland....
...In their very different ways, Bush Jr and Obama show the opposite. To Michael J Glennon, in National Security and Double Government, the shifting personalities are mere detail....
...For Michael Jackson, Christoforou sketched four styles that spanned his career....
...“A long time ago Edward Teller [a scientist who was the model for Dr Strangelove] walked off – but that was just Edward Teller.”...
...Michael Mendes, chief executive of Diamond, said the company was ready for another deal after completing most of the integration of Kettle Brands....
...“Race is usually a factor, but rarely in a simple way,” says Michael Kazin, one of America’s leading scholars of populism....
...Agreeing with him is Michael Panzner, who published Financial Armageddon just as the last boom peaked and followed it up with When Giants Fall: An Economic Roadmap for the End of the American Era....
...Against that backdrop, speculation is now routine on Wall Street that the Sulzbergers might opt to take the company private – possibly with the backing of New York mayor Michael Bloomberg....
...Democrat Bob Casey Jr, the son of a respected former governor, is expected to beat Rick Santorum, the conservative Republican senator and close ally of President George W. Bush....
...He and fellow Morgan Stanley directors Edward Brennan and Michael Miles all sit as independent directors. Still, a smart banking rival might want to hop on the first flight to Fort Worth, Texas....
...Lewis, Jr., Co-Chairman, Investment Banking, Lazard Edward H. Linde, President and CEO, Boston Properties Howard Lipson, Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group J....
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