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...Puzzle 2569 Joseph Zeltsan v Ethan Sheehan, Chesterfield, USA, 2023. White to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Puzzle 2568 Wesley So v Alireza Firouzja, Chessable Masters 2024. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...🤠 HMRC v Premier Foods Ltd (2007) is an epochally important case that considered whether a fruit bar was confectionery....
...When I resigned, my boss asked me not to tell anyone until they announced it — as it would “disrupt team morale”. So I haven’t. But there is still no announcement, no talk of handover etc....
...That message was a timely morale boost to Kyiv given the sluggish nature of the counteroffensive, prospects of a protracted war and concerns over how America’s febrile politics could undermine its long-term...
...In the UK and the USA it is illegal. Users such as Cox don’t consider it to be “drugs” but “medicine”. “It’s not recreational,” he points out. “It is deep, healing, transformative work....
...Smart reads The ‘jerk’ The deluge of bad press against Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon, an exodus of partners and tanking morale within the firm have reached a tipping point, New York Magazine writes....
...World Cup gets under way Team USA’s first match in Qatar ended in a 1-1 draw against Wales. A bid by the Netherlands, England and Wales to promote inclusion collapsed after threats from Fifa....
...Puzzle 2479 Danyyil Dvirnyy v Judit Polgar, Yerevan 2014. Black to move and win. How did the all-time No1 woman exploit White’s exposed king?...
...The USA’s Hans Niemann, 19, famously defeated Carlsen at the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis, sparking an ongoing saga of withdrawals, accusations and lawsuits that remain unresolved....
...Puzzle 2481 Fabiano Caruana v Gukesh D, USA v India, Chennai 2022. Black to move and win. How did the 16-year-old defeat the former world No 2? Click here for solution...
...“There is not a problem of morale for regulars from the armed forces … they are holding up and executing orders, but they want to kill the enemy and not sit in position as cannon fodder,” Oleksandr V Danylyuk...
...V. Jean-Michel was right to be wary. There were a lot of unexplainable things happening in Salta....
...But in the USA v USSR match in New York Averbakh arrived late for one of his games against Donald Byrne, lost their mini-match 3-1, incurred the wrath of his captain Igor Bondarevsky, and was removed from...
...When protesters’ morale began to sag, Li announced that he and his girlfriend were going to get married in a symbolic public ceremony....
...Puzzle 2475 Andrew Ledger v Andrew Paterson, 4NCL 2022. Black to play. Black’s next move was plausible, but it led to immediate disaster. With this clue, can you work out what happened?...
...Known as Bertie in the family, he was the second son of King George V and expected his elder brother, known as David to the family, to become king....
...Fetterman added: “Send me to the US Senate, and I’d proudly vote to codify Roe v Wade into law.” Republican leaders largely embraced the ruling on Friday....
...Morale among registered nurses working alongside better-paid colleagues on travel contracts is suffering amid the Covid-19 crisis....
...Antoine GodinUniversité Sorbonne Paris Nord, France Michael JacobsProfessor of Political Economy, University of Sheffield Ronan PalmerDirector Clean Economy, E3G Dirk EhntsPufendorf-Gesellschaft Berlin e.V....
...No matter how many times it proves disastrous for a company’s culture or morale, it refuses to die....
...The 27-year-old paralegal is more used to occasionally helping manage hurricane responses rather than staving off another violent insurrection in the capital, but said that morale was high and troops were...
...He later wrote that “My Lai was an appalling example of much that had gone wrong in Vietnam”, marked by breakdowns in morale, discipline and professional judgment....
...Next week we spend the whole episode on the likely repeal of Roe v Wade and the right to abortion in America....
...It was subject to an export ban in 2004, which is how it ended up in the V&A, and that is testament to the craftsmanship of the London workshops.” She continues with barely a breath....
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