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...Supply is caught between an unhurried Opec and a meek US shale sector. Despite Joe Biden’s urging, the cartel is feeling little pressure to boost supply....
...is the essence of every dictatorship and the logic of every dictator — the need to assert his own solipsism, a sense of the living populated world as a still-life painting, a nature morte, in which the meek...
...But du Maurier gave the shy, unnamed narrator the controls — and on second reading, she seems less meek and more manipulative than before....
.... ★★★☆☆ Another female-led exploration of violence, Penelope Skinner’s Meek is set in a dystopia that feels rather like a Scandinavian spin on The Handmaid’s Tale....
...Jacobitism, safely squashed, could be romanticised by Scott....
...Letter in response to this editorial: It’s Britain’s constitution that is feeling the strain / From Molly Scott Cato MEP, Brussels, Belgium...
...It’s neatly assembled, referencing Joe Meek’s echoey sound effects and the trippy charm of classic psychedelic pop in the same retro manner as Kane’s fellow Merseysiders, The Zutons....
...Nigel Meek, meanwhile, will become chairman of Mr Bell’s division and Richard Sheppard head of UK M&A. Anthony Parsons has been named vice-chairman of UK M&A....
...“The bible says the meek shall inherit the earth, but the question is will they stay meek?”, he said, arguing that it is not easy to displace a chief executive who is also chairman....
...In Florida, a first-time Republican candidate, Rick Scott, defeated insider Bill McCollum in the gubernatorial primary....
...writes Scott Crosby, the SF2G founder, in a history of the group. “Could a 42-mile bike ride realistically be done before work on a regular basis?”...
...Scott Brown, a Republican from Massachusetts, said the legislation “isn’t perfect” but welcomed “safeguards to help prevent another financial meltdown” and said he expected to vote in favour....
...He’s moved away from the classic faded Levi’s of the Thelma and Louise years, when he was discovered by Ridley Scott and tended to look like a gorgeous surfer dude....
...Since when, I wonder, did Londoners become such a meek crowd, leaning on the likes of poker and organised dances to meet one another?...
...The most impressive historical novel published this year is James Meek’s The People’s Act of Love....
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