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February 6, 2010
Writer who cast a generous eye over the mean streets
It is hard to believe that Robert B. Parker was not Spenser, the hard-boiled, soft...unfinished Philip Marlowe novel that Chandler had left behind.Robert Brown Parker was born into a working-class family - his...went on to earn advanced degrees in literature from Boston University. He subsequently lectured there and at neighbouring Northeastern...Spenser but ends up working with him, and Chollo and Vinnie Morris, the expert guns for hire; and there are those on the... By Jurek Martin
February 5, 2010
A generous view of the mean streets
It is hard to believe that Robert B. Parker was not Spenser, the hard-boiled, soft-centred...unfinished Philip Marlowe novel that Chandler had left behind.Robert Brown Parker was born into a working-class family – his...went on to earn advanced degrees in literature from Boston University. He subsequently lectured there and at neighbouring Northeastern...Spenser but ends up working with him, and Chollo and Vinnie Morris, the expert guns for hire; and there are those on the... By Jurek Martin
November 28, 2009
Books of the year
...Earthscan, £12.99 The Surrey University professor and UK government adviser...Keynes: The Return of the Master By Robert Skidelsky Allen Lane...United States By Andrew Coe Oxford University Press, £15.99 The story of America...Compiled by Harry Eyres < Jan Morris A book that marvellously...By Jeffrey Couchman Northwestern University Press, $24.95 Charles Laughton...scripting; a notorious hellraiser (Robert Mitchum) spellbinding in the lead role... Introduction by Rosie Blau
January 16, 2010
Rescuers battle against chaos in the search for hope amid Haiti's agony
...fifth of the people here are going to die," said John MacDonald, a surgeon forming part of a group flown in from the University of Miami. "We're doing the minimal, it's just a palliative - we just don't have enough supplies or equipment...and up to 10,000 personnel were being deployed. Hillary Clinton, secretary of state, will fly to Haiti today. Robert Gates, US defence secretary, said he had no idea how long the troops would stay or how much the operation would cost...term undertaking," he said. Additional reporting by Andrew Jack in London, Daniel Dombey in Washington and Harvey Morris in New York By Daniel Dombey, Andrew Jack and Harvey Morris
December 11, 2009
Retrospective: Stories and characters of 2009
...headline grabbing as this”, says Robert Ladd of the University of Edinburgh. “The reality is a much more gradual...institution The Silicon Valley “university” we profiled in April is already...some of the breakthroughs Singularity University, a new pseudo-academic institution... By
January 15, 2010
Struggle to keep Haiti survivors alive
...fifth of the people here are going to die,” said John MacDonald, a surgeon forming part of a group flown in from the University of Miami. “We’re doing the minimal, it’s just a palliative – we just don’t have enough supplies or...aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, arrived off Port-au-Prince and up to 10,000 personnel were being deployed. Robert Gates, US defence secretary, said he had no idea how long the troops would stay in theatre and how much the operation...and as a principal player.” Additional reporting by Andrew Jack in London, Daniel Dombey in Washington and Harvey Morris in New York By Benedict Mander in Port-au-Prince
December 22, 2009
FT Energy Source: the final word
Robert Stavins On the call to use...possibly meritorious) purposes. Robert N Stavins is Albert Pratt...and Government at Harvard University Lord Browne of Madingley...BP from 1995-2007 Julian Morris On whether the developing or developed...recipe for disaster. Julian Morris is an economist, author and...
April 2, 2005
Scepticbusters
...Not surprisingly, many within the university doubted the wisdom of recognising...from America in December 1985. Robert Morris was a psychologist who had worked at Duke University in North Carolina under the famous...they wait anxiously to see whether Robert Morris will be replaced directly or the...will survive in some form. The university's powers that be are happy with... By Adrian Turpin
September 15, 2009
‘Archer’s bow’ shows up sporting frauds
...according to researchers at Portsmouth university. Textbook case: Didier Drogba, arms...Coast’s 2006 tie with Argentina Paul Morris and David Lewis carried out an extensive...clear indication of deception,” Mr Morris said. That would appear to confirm...Journal of Nonverbal Behaviour, Mr Morris and Mr Lewis say the archer’s bow resembles Robert Capa’s famous photograph of a loyalist... By Clive Cookson
January 23, 2006
Market Insight: Housing downturn casts pall
...incomes across the country,” says Ian Morris, chief US economist at HSBC. Federal...house prices stagnated last year. The University of Michigan consumer sentiment study shows...year to 5.1 per cent in 2006. Mr Morris says a “bubble zone” has been created...pull the US economy into recession? Mr Morris says yes. “If this adjustment can be managed...real consumer spending growth”. Robert Orr in New York By Robert Orr in New York