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...His efforts included a conversation with an unnamed “board member I knew at BI” and approaches to KKR co-founder Henry Kravis, its co-CEO Joseph Bae and Axel Springer’s Döpfner....
...It is telling that even democracy’s enemies have to co-opt the idea. Xi Jinping refers to the communist model of government as “whole-process people’s democracy”....
...Scallop blouse, £485 Vintage 1980s metal-framed lounge chair, €2,800, 1stdibs.com Y/Project denim Classic Cowboy Cuff jeans, €580 Lemaire leather and metal buckle belt, £265, farfetch.com Tiffany & Co...
...A childhood rife with abuse and violence has turned Lenny into a thuggish pimp (played with great, dead-eyed swagger by Joe Cole) and Joey into a damaged, inarticulate would-be boxer (David Angland)....
...The loose-limbed intense investigation that followed brought the evening to a high. ★★★★☆ ronniescotts.co.uk...
...Tim Hartford explains why you should not shy away from Monopoly and Co....
...A golf buggy pulls up to the whitewashed curvilinear Oscar Niemeyer pavilion, and in swaggers the artist Damien Hirst....
...“On My Mama” is a standout: a radiant melody that mixes swagger, brassy flourishes, a stealthy sample from Texan rapper Chalie Boy’s 2009 anthem “I Look Good” and a sense of fun....
...But Orr at Catalyst argues that it must now push its chest out and “develop a bit of a swagger”. jude.webber@ft.com...
...The important point is that China has at least temporarily lost that swagger about its ultimate destiny. All of which adds up to a greater readiness to talk....
...The bank appointed Kotak’s son, Jay, who had graduated from business school a few years earlier, as co-head of the fast-growing digital business....
...While 72 Seasons is released as a single volume, most of its tracks are expansive, allowing the instrumentals to surge and swagger; the 11-minute finale “Inamorata” entwines elements of prog and Black Sabbath...
...The point is that China has lost that swagger about its ultimate destiny. All of which adds up to a greater readiness to talk.”...
...“It’s the only place I can express myself from A to Z, to do things totally my way,” he says with Gallic swagger. “Basically, welcome to my home!”...
...Co-investing in partnerships is one of the ways we’re doing this,” says Sheikh Mohammed. “This is the process we’re going through and the World Cup certainly helped us make our case to new partners.”...
...Balderskilde is more reserved, the only hint of swagger suggested by his ska-style patterned trousers and T-shirt....
...“Moscow Rules”, co-written by Koenig is a surreal orchestral-psychedelic trip with a nonsensical title that has been overtaken by events....
...It began with a loose-limbed swagger that let the band limber up and establish the quartet’s aesthetic core....
...Europe had a certain swagger, a confidence that its tie-ups could pose a serious challenge to Wall Street, which was still sitting in the shadow of the dotcom crash and a slew of corporate scandals....
...By Friday, companies controlled by Adani had lost more than $100bn and co-founder Goatam Adani was no longer Asia’s richest man....
...He's embodied that Hollywood swagger....
...Elsewhere, Saint Laurent’s black patent floor-length trench coats capture a certain evening-worthy swagger, as does Dunhill’s....
...During his 15-years at the helm, Iger had embodied the swagger of Hollywood in bloom....
...The Bond world, its makers emphasise, is meticulously designed with an attention to detail and fidelity to the brand that is sometimes overlooked in the wake of all that swagger....
...womad.co.uk...
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