Hints and tips:
...The first act closer was so desultory I half thought they were bringing down the curtain for technical reasons....
...“I want the city to be a hotbed of collectors and enthusiasm all year round. But I just don’t see it yet,” he says....
...“I’m more concerned about the property sector,” he said. “If it remains weak or gets weaker, that’s going to impact the growth outlook this year.”...
...“If I were to guess, I would say the reason for that is that pockets of stress have appeared . . . and they don’t want the market to get too carried away,” he said....
...It reminded me a bit of Fellini’s Casanova, you know, where it literally is, like a kind of copulating automaton. And that wasn’t really Napoleon’s thing. Lilah RaptopoulosMm hmm....
...While we wait for the others, I offer Casanova some moeche, a delicacy from his native Venice....
...“Focusing on him being a womaniser wasn’t what I wanted,” says Mbi. “Casanova was such a nuanced person.” Staged using costumes from the original production, the result is both elegant and intriguing....
...“I do think that it’s likely that after the Communist party congress, they will do more to support the property sector,” Hu added....
...I doubt any of them will be banked into the permanent repertoire, but all three offered an attractive showcase — and welcome fresh meat — for this talented and versatile company....
...“I think inevitably if there’s a relaxation of lockdown measures in Shanghai you will see a recovery in consumption in June, purely because of pent-up demand,” said Casanova....
...Stephen has a tendency for over-explanation: “as you know, I have to eat regularly, every two hours or so, or I fade”, he writes, addressing us as much as he is his daughter....
...When I lived in Ibiza, back in the primeval swamps that were the 1990s, there was no Gucci, no Fiorucci....
...Years ago, I saw Hank Williams’ grandson play a London gig. Hank Williams III, whose father Hank Williams Jr was also a singer, did a two-set show....
...Still, nothing says “I’ve made it” like a bespoke yacht in which to sail....
...Casanova was said to be a frequent visitor; though perhaps he was just there to study his catechism....
...Off the atrium, behind a curtain, I discover a saucy little dining room with midnight-blue velvet booths and gilded Chinese wallpaper....
...“I’ve probably stayed longer than I intended.”...
...“I would say that in typical China fashion this is going to be a trial and error approach,” says Carlos Casanova, a senior economist for Asia at UBP. “There are reasons for and against doing this.”...
...“I was comfortable working there and found my personal challenge – can culture be as fun as other forms of entertainment?”...
...Heer owned the Casanova Club, a brothel in the north German town of Walsrode that, because of its exterior, was known as the “Pink House” to the troops of 7th Armoured Brigade billeted in the nearby garrison...
...“I am not a good cook, so now I miss KFC even more,” says Steve Hou, a customer in York....
...“There is a myth that it is where Casanova stayed; it’s rather fun....
...“I really have nothing to say,” the hero stubbornly declares, “but I want to say it anyway.” Radical cheek! That’s exactly what Fellini is doing here....
...“If I find one of those plots, I have three or four people who will buy it immediately,” he says. As for the originals?...
...When I heard the news, I was very surprised and shocked. I missed the old Ghosn,” Mr Shiga said. “I wished he had tried to influence Japan from within....
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