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...The people I spoke to rarely referred to it as la dent (the tooth), but rather as le corps (the body)....
...Showjumping is enjoying an unprecedented era of prosperity and prestige, revelling in its status as a chic, big-city affair that marries athletic prowess with high-stakes panache....
...of US Marine Corps jets....
...Bagpiper is one of a growing list of mass-market Indian brands that Diageo has started franchising in some states, enabling it to focus on selling more expensive liquor in India, such as its Royal Challenge...
...The Royal Navy’s adoption of rum, usually Caribbean, as its restorative of choice certainly helped bulk sales, but a government-guaranteed market of millions of gallons of what one could call a “robust”...
...And over time, the “prestige of white women” was worn down....
...Iran’s actions had “the net effect of undermining US prestige in the Arabian Gulf region while raising Iran’s....
...Royal Bank of Scotland led Friday’s blue-chip risers, up 5.6 per cent to 42¾p, after its first-quarter results proved better than expected....
...United Spirits, his group’s liquor arm, spent $857m to buy Whyte & Mackay, Scotland’s fourth largest whisky maker, not for the prestige of owning a global marque, but because the chairman sensed “a serious...
...The Gripen remains Saab’s biggest source of revenues and prestige but most growth and profits is coming elsewhere....
...Martin Rees, the cosmologist who heads Britain’s Royal Society, supports Mr Obama’s decision not to send people back to the moon....
...“For that to happen though Woodside would need to get major shareholder Royal Dutch Shell on board and address the significant valuation discrepancy between the two companies,” he said....
...But working for the government is more about prestige than financial reward....
...Costs are low, the Italian says, because the models often work for a nominal fee in return for the prestige and publicity an appearance in the calendar brings....
...Some are resorting to even wilder gimmicks – liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who owns the Royal Challengers Bangalore team, is planning to fly in 12 cheerleaders and two choreographers from the Washington Redskins...
...King Bhumibol’s reign has seen 18 military coups, 15 constitutions and 21 prime ministers, but he has used his personal prestige sparingly, intervening – in public at least – only at moments of crisis....
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