Hints and tips:
...Muhammad Ali laughs as he enters the room. He’s taking in the V&A’s south Asian collection and the 16th-century Ardabil carpet on to which my brother and I have manoeuvred a low table....
...Jessica Bell Brown, curator for contemporary art at the Baltimore Museum of ArtTrust by Hernan Diaz Trust just won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction....
...Roland Mouret, creator of the Galaxy dress, which exploded in 2005 and was worn by everyone from Cameron Diaz to Victoria Beckham, agrees that psychology is key to creating a fashion icon....
...The photograph went on to be bought by institutions around the world, including the V&A in London....
...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....
...Janet Diaz, lead for clinical care at the World Health Organization, said: “The challenges are very serious....
...Since Downton Abbey’s main character is Downton Abbey, the mountains must visit Muhammad. Cue King George V and Queen Mary bestowing a royal visit....
...Before last week, consensus forecasts showed that activity in the advanced economies would be affected meaningfully in the first half of 2020, but that most of the lost output would be regained in a V-shaped...
...Then, in 1974, came the Rumble in the Jungle: Ali v George Foreman....
...Gide Loyrette Nouel, the law firm, has hired Olivier Diaz from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Diaz spent eight years at Gide before joining Linklaters in 1998, Legal week reported....
...AMLO currently leads polls for the vote, with 48 per cent approval rating v 26 for Ricardo Anaya, the candidate currently in second place....
...To be fair, there would have to be a computerised fight, just as that in 1969 between Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano. The computer determined that Marciano would knock Ali out in the 13th round....
...I do not normally move in the company of boxers, probably because of fear of a left hook to the kidneys, but I was fortunate enough to meet Muhammad Ali once....
...Now, I don’t know any of your soccer players or any cricket guys but I bet you’ve heard of Muhammad Ali.”...
...… Mansha greets me in casual attire: a checked grey shirt, V-necked cardigan and denim slacks, with Asics running shoes peeping out below....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...They had names: The Fight of the Century (Frazier v Ali, 1971), The Rumble in the Jungle (Foreman v Ali, 1974), The Thrilla in Manila, (Ali v Frazier, 1975)....
...The London 100m was going to be the ultimate sizzler: the Champ v the Kid....
...Sebald; Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather; A House for Mr Biswas by V.S....
...First came the British Museum’s Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur, then the V&A’s Maharaja, followed by the Saatchi Gallery’s contemporary Indian art The Empire Strikes Back and the Whitechapel...
...The short story form, especially in the recent work of Junot Díaz or Jhumpa Lahiri, for example, now draws on different sources of energy than Updike’s antic suburban pastoral; it is spiced with something...
...Twenty-Four Views in Hindostan in 1802-05, and William Orme’s work (some based on earlier oil paintings by Francis Swain Ward) showed the western public splendours both old and new – the dreamy spires of Muhammad...
...The dramatis personae of Obama v McCain included Joe the Plumber, Joe Sixpack and vice-president elect Joe Biden....
...In a reflection of tennis’s schizoid fortunes, the David Nalbandian v James Blake semi-final that followed felt like punishment, almost another sport....
...“Yes, but I also liked the deep V one,” mused another. “How about the one with the twisted neckline?” said the third....
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