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...The Democrats not only lost all three but also a fourth one in the middle when they tried a more conventional candidate and lost to Republican Theodore Roosevelt who picked up votes with his own attacks...
...The outgoing one, David Malpass, an economist and Donald Trump appointee, was not a raging success....
...Except that it is shoddy history, argues Edward Luce....
...In a crowded field, Trump could repeat what he did in 2016 when he won primary after primary with less than half the vote, writes Edward Luce....
...But such finger-pointing is mostly unfair to the Fed, Edward Luce argues....
...He invited several friends, including Theodore Agnew, a Tory peer who had resigned from Johnson’s government over its failure to address Covid fraud, for drinks and to chew over the day’s trauma....
...Since 1940, the American Museum of Natural History in New York has had an imposing statue of Theodore Roosevelt, former president and nature lover, on its steps....
...Theodore Roosevelt, the future president, climbed the Matterhorn in 1881; the following decade Winston Churchill summited the neighbouring Monte Rosa....
...Theodore Otto Forest Hills, NY, US...
...Law firm Mayer Brown has hired Charles Malpass as a partner in its finance and banking practice in London. He joins from Dechert....
...Edward Luce is the FT’s US national editor Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
...Republican president Theodore Roosevelt said that government should not attack business unless it could show that business used “unfair practice”....
...Edward Luce is the FT’s US national editor Follow @FTLifeArts on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
...Edward Luce responds Rana, I have a simple rule for American statues: purge the public squares and street names of Confederate figures....
...The FT has a stern and richly merited editorial on Trump’s choice of David Malpass as the next head of the World Bank....
...You can email the team on swampnotes@ft.com, contact Ed on edward.luce@ft.com and Rana on rana.foroohar@ft.com, and follow them on Twitter at @RanaForoohar and @EdwardGLuce...
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...(FT) What we’re reading Malpass puts it on the tableDavid Malpass, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the World Bank, has written an FT op-ed saying what he would do as president of the institution....
...Edward Luce, our Washington commentator, also delivers his verdict: “His . . . attempt at conjuring national unity deceived no one.”...
...On April 10 the US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt sailed through the South China Sea, which China claims as its territorial waters....
...Looking through the illustrated pastry section of the handsome 1892 eight-volume Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery by Theodore Garrett, Franklin is surprised by how relatively little has changed....
...“The IMF is in an interesting spot,” said Edward Al-Hussainy, a senior strategist at Columbia Threadneedle and a former IMF economist....
...“It is unusual to claim that you have $15m of assets and, as it turns out, you have nothing close to that,” said Edward Taiman Jr, a lawyer who acted for Sabadell....
...Edward Luce is the FT’s chief US commentator Photograph: Erik McGregor...
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