Hints and tips:
...“I do think that [Chinese president] Xi Jinping doesn’t actually want to take Taiwan by force....
...So for example, we all know that a red curvy bottle with carbonated brown liquid in it is Coca-Cola....
...General Charles Brown, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, has also downplayed the risk of Chinese military action, saying last week that he thought Xi “doesn’t actually want to take Taiwan by force...
...One beloved client of mine only wears navy in the summer and brown in the winter: very tailored clothes, no frills....
...The mien of someone whose interior designer told her the pool house refurb won’t be finished in time for the divorce party....
...But lots of people say: don’t touch it, it’s so beautiful as it is.”...
...I don’t know much about him, but a) I like his books and b) I think he’ll bring some good billionaire-adjacent gossip, which will keep Nancy happy....
...On her feet is a pair of dainty laced-up brown brogues. The activist’s open, direct gaze is arresting. So is her simple outfit, which amplifies Peslikis’s self-assurance....
...The materials, combined with natural light and shadow, create a range of colours — brown, reddish brown, dust — that both contrast and shade into one another....
...“This wasn’t an overdose because Daniel didn’t know what he was taking. He was intentionally deceived. He was poisoned.” Puerta is far from alone in experiencing such grief....
...So I am still sceptical: the budget compromise bill hasn’t yet passed....
...The podcasts I listen to are by Brené Brown; everything she says is gospel to me....
...“It’s a challenging time politically but that doesn’t mean that we should stand down and let the criminals win,” Hochul said....
...But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn’t help when she opined that, “I don’t think he should have ever been appointed” in the first place....
...“She used green paper for French, blue for English and brown for Italian. The only problem was that you couldn’t see the titles so you never knew what you were getting.”...
...Nancy Rogers, a bank teller, said she was yelled at by her boss and had given some thought to why this might be: “He’s about 50, in a position that he doesn’t really enjoy....
...Nancy Mitford appears at my elbow, cooing over the pretty drink. The novelist is in high spirits, full of jokes and compliments....
...In mid-December, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, brushed off calls for legislation to ban trading by members of Congress with a throwaway comment that has come back...
...Taking money from them won’t make them suffer . . . You take the money from them, well then they might not have the extra jet.”...
...“Nearly 50 countries have liberalised abortion laws over the past 25 years,” says Nancy Northup, CRR’s chief executive....
...Britain’s Sky Brown, 13, claimed bronze in one of the youngest slates of athletes ever fielded at the Olympics....
...Zak Brown, chief executive of McLaren Racing, calls for a more nuanced approach than a hard cap. An alternative could be to include an “allowance” for drivers within an increased budget limit....
...“It’s the best thing . . . we've done in the Senate in my career,” Sherrod Brown, the Ohio Democrat, told CNN....
...The former US First Lady sat in a softly lit living room, wearing a brown silk blouse and gold hoop earrings....
...“For them to step in with $50,000 grants or $100,000 grants . . . that’s not going to fix a newsroom,” says Nancy Dubuc, chief executive of Vice Media....
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