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...Polymath 1,014: Peter Boyd, Wiltshire Crossword 16,117: Mary Aclandhood, London; Rev T K Hole, Sheffield; Robert Smith, Norfolk Polymath 1,013: Bob Walker, Nuneaton Crossword 16,111: Magnus Chisholm, Ross-shire...
...Holidaymakers can even find a shopping experience frozen in time at Disney’s US theme parks, where the first “themed land” is always Main Street USA....
...Other blockbuster deals in the first half include the acquisition of Irish drugmaker Shire by Japan’s Takeda for $77bn and T-Mobile’s $59bn merger with rival US telecom operator Sprint....
...The reality is of course very different, the USA topping the list, with an actual ratio of 351 to 1, the U.K. being “only” at 75 times....
...masters and their eager pupils — became the world’s foremost amateur satellite sleuths, tracking secret Soviet launches and uncovering the location of a previously secret Russian cosmodrome from the workaday shire...
...manager said the spectre of further regulation was to blame for the nervousness, adding there was a greater degree of uncertainty around politically contentious takeovers after AbbVie’s £35bn takeover of Shire...
...This is already permitted in both Eire and the USA....
...Drug company Shire rose 1 per cent to 811p on rumours of a private equity bid....
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