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...Christopher R MundySt Leonard’s-on-Sea, East Sussex, UK...
...The richest of these must be from Nancy Lee and Perry R Bass, Texans who for 40 years amassed works of vibrant colour and expression that seem likely to chime with today’s buyers....
...Just 36 hours before, George Dyer — Bacon’s lover and inspiration, who features spectre-like in the painting — had committed suicide in their hotel room....
...This is how Geoff Dyer turned his inability to write a book about DH Lawrence into a sublime book about DH Lawrence called Out of Sheer Rage....
...The fine was then raised to R$1m, still to no avail, the court said....
...In chess there is no politics, we are promoting our sport in all countries and we talk to everyone,” he told R-Sport, a Russian sports news agency....
...separate government survey revealed on Wednesday that unemployment reached 8.3 per cent in the second quarter, up from 6.8 per cent a year before, while in July alone the fiscal accounts showed a deficit of R$7.2bn...
...According to an indictment issued by federal prosecutors last week, the cars were paid for from the R$26m (US$7m) in bribes that Mr Collor received from the Petrobras corruption scheme....
...consultancy, calculated that the economic impact from the Petrobras corruption scandal over the next few years — including reduced investment by the company, construction activity and jobs — will amount to R$142.6bn...
...“It has always been a difficult discussion and there have been unrealistic expectations,” said one European official of the incomplete R&D negotiation. “But there will be strict limitations.”...
...Squid rings and prawn x2 R$93.80 Guaraná Zero x4 R$22.00 Diet Coke R$5.50 Coffee R$5.00 Total (including service) R$171.58 (£43.00) This article has been amended since original publication to include...
...Additional reporting by Geoff Dyer and James Crabtree...
...Little surprise, in a world getting to grips with the logic of “r > g”, that we should not expect the benefits to be equally shared....
...“If you have been doing the same thing for 30 years, the mind can become quite closed,” says R Gopalakrishnan, director of Tata Sons....
...To the T and S of Eliot, the F and R of Leavis, the D and H of Lawrence? What did the “M” stand for anyway? Was it Maxwell?...
...Shanghai would become the third pillar in the company’s global R&D, alongside Basel and Boston....
...After focusing on the infectious causes of cancer, Mr Vasella said the expanded R&D operation would focus on cardiovascular diseases and collaborate on some projects with Basel and Cambridge....
...; “Looters Will Be Shot survivors Will Be Shot Again”; “Lisa + Donnie R OK”; “Hey Katrina!! That’s All You Got? You Big Sissy!! We Will Be Back!!”...
...in the last two months, says Dyer....
...In 2007, the country received a record $84bn, writes Geoff Dyer....
...Academics estimate that 250-300 foreign companies have R&D centres in China....
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