Hints and tips:
...Patterson points to a pewter beaker from the 1690s engraved with wrigglework portraits of William III and Mary II that sold at Christie’s for £14,400....
...Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, former USTR under George W Bush, has put forward a bill to tighten up the use of the Section 232s, but we’re not there yet....
...In the royal correspondent Robert Jobson’s well-briefed new book Charles At Seventy, a courtier is quoted saying: “He will want a seat at the table, not just to be briefed or rubber-stamping the decisions...
...the building played in Northern Irish politics is displayed in photographs of politicians who were all hosted there: from Irish president Mary McAleese’s meeting with the Queen, to Blair hosting George W...
..., royal miniaturist to Georges I and II, in 1719....
...(iii) Such a property wealth tax would cause a large industry of tax avoidance....
...This should come as no surprise: Mr Hill was pushed out of Commerce Bank, his US venture, in 2007 after regulators investigated related-party deals benefiting his wife, brother and son (Vernon W Hill III...
...A more cumbersome and recent client was the Aga Khan III, who dropped almost half a stone to 16st 7¼ in 1931 “after influenza”....
...In 1926 a local clergyman, the Reverend W Goodwin, persuaded the philanthropist John D Rockefeller Jr to bankroll the restoration of the oldest and most vulnerable buildings in the colonial capital of Williamsburg...
...Imagine a modern opera starring Silvio Berlusconi, Tony Blair or George W Bush....
...Like other pro- growth autocrats, from Nebuchadnezzar to Napoléon III, China’s leaders like building....
...Who will be Britain’s George H.W. Bush? After one brutal presidential debate, he told a journalist: “I’m trying to forget the whole damn experience.”...
...Ross Walker, Royal Bank of Scotland 1. The (inevitably protracted) process of global macroeconomic rebalancing stalls or goes into reverse....
...Almost every English monarch since George III. Useful for: Impressing overseas clients with Britain’s historical magnificence....
...Almost every English monarch since George III. Useful for: Impressing overseas clients with Britain’shistorical magnificence....
...Ross Walker, Royal Bank of Scotland No and only up to a point. Peter Dixon, Commerzbank Next year will be at least as bad as this year for the property market....
...George W. Bush inherited the White House from his father. Hillary Clinton may inherit it from her husband....
...England’s Royal Ascot and Hong Kong’s International Day rarely draw the Americans. The Breeder’s Cup in the US is dominated by American horses, with an occasional success for the Europeans....
...Royal watchers, however, point to Prince Charles' first-time nuptials and warn about the dangers of arranged marriages....
...Could it be true that President George W. Bush would like the septuagenarian out before his term expires in January? observer@ft.com...
...George W....
...Judges were impressed with the fresh approach that continues to be offered up by W+K for its clients. An agency that demonstrates a great working relationship with both Nike and Honda.”...
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