Hints and tips:
...Alphaville has previously described the yearslong saga as “HBO-worthy” and “delightfully public and petty drama”, but to be honest it’s beginning to drag on a bit now?...
...“Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense....
...Kudos, therefore, to Dan Och and his undimmed zeal to insert some delightfully public and petty drama into our world: Dear Special Committee Members, We write to express our concerns with the sale process...
...Citi has appointed Robin Asseburg as head of financial sponsors in Germany and Christian Aho as the country head for Norway....
...There are always some people caught unawares, but the central bank pivot from “it’s transitory” to “we’re going to nuke inflation” was petty well-telegraphed, and the impact widely expected....
...To mark the new emperor’s enthronement, Japan has granted pardons to more than 500,000 petty criminals, making it easier for them to apply for jobs and take exams to get national licences....
...It took nine applications before he was granted a visa to move to the US — something he blames on a petty misunderstanding with an official on his first attempt, which led to a mistaken view that he had...
...the mishap, he enlisted his friend Zubair Latib — a fellow day-trading musician who had cashed out his $6,000 from XIV just four days before its implosion — and wrote a lament, set to the melody of Tom Petty...
...The two presidents have traded petty insults but Philip argues that Mr Kim now has everything he wants. He has outsmarted Mr Trump at almost every turn....
...Robin Alexander of Die Welt makes the point that there were two unwritten rules of the old Federal Republic: grand coalitions were rare and big coalitions look for big goals....
...For me, though, the comedy prize goes to Robin Ince, whose foam-flecked ravings were at times deliriously intoxicating....
...As ICIT fittingly observe: This approach is similar to 1500s Robin Hood-esque bandits along the road or 1920s mobsters....
...Either way they are usually settled out of court, as with the claim by veteran rocker Tom Petty against a song by last year’s breakout British star Sam Smith, which ended with Mr Petty accepting a songwriting...
...He could ensure that there was no petty crime in his area and that the doctors at government hospitals – frequently absent elsewhere – reported for duty....
...Robin Cooke-Hurle, London SW11, UK...
...Delivering a speech in Iowa, the Republican nominee chastised the incumbent Barack Obama for running a campaign that was “small and petty”. “A troubled economy is not all he inherited....
...Despite the currency-controls and petty austerities of the 1960s Labour government, Hillier ensured that the best varieties arrived by roundabout routes at Kerdalo....
...Here was the cat who epitomised outlaw cool, the guy prepared to tell a hostile courtroom that “we’re not old men and we’re not worried about petty morals”....
...A high-powered example of the working brigade is the financier Robin Saunders, whom I recently interviewed....
...I sent out a round-robin e-mail to a mailing list of about 500 people all of whom do busy, supposedly workaholic jobs. Back bounced nearly 150 out-of-office replies....
...“I believe the prime minister’s snub to Robin’s family, to millions of New Labour voters, demonstrates a petty vindictiveness and a moral failure, opting to continue snorkelling instead of doing his duty...
...It is a portrait of his favourite model – and lover – the petty criminal George Dyer. Painted in 1967 it shows Dyer staring into a mirror and could sell for £3.5m, close to the artist’s record....
...Hussain, 18, were British to the core, shaped by their diverse, rough neighborhoods, where flashy cars, petty teenage battles and designer clothes jostle with the Muslim values of work, family and religion...
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