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...As ever, the gruff, scabrous humour is complemented by polished plotting and inspired twists worthy of the slick spy thrillers being sent up....
...But it was the unique Thomas who made the band stand out....
...For decades, broad investment themes have gelled around the idea that cheap offshore manufacturing and slick global supply chains can hold down costs for companies and foster low inflation....
...Both his father, the garrulous, often-drunken Henry, and his uncle Thomas were executioners for the British state....
...His new EP, Hip Hop 50: Vol 1, is the first in a series marking the genre’s looming 50th birthday next year and featuring big-name guest performers including Nas, Run the Jewels, Slick Rick, Rapsody, Remy...
...Thomas Hardy called the island “the Gibraltar of Wessex” — carved by the sea from a single mass....
...But things quickly get out of hand after he’s fed some false intel, and what should have been a slick operation turns into a frantic chase through the terminal and ends with a bomb being detonated....
...Rival cyber security firm Vectra taunted Darktrace last year in a now-deleted web page that claimed that “instead of investing in innovation, Darktrace spends on F1 sponsorships and slick marketing campaigns...
...Created by chef Christian Onia, the slick, pale-wood interior is beautifully presented and the menu sings with flavour....
...With slick looks recalling an espresso machine, this upright feeder — the second-generation model from Petlibro — comprises a canister fixed to a bowl....
...Their first partnership was Festen, a stage version of the 1998 film by Danish director Thomas Vinterberg, produced by Teste’s boundary-pushing theatre collective MXM (Monkey Ex Machina)....
...What was intended to be an intensely serious annual negotiation has become a “funfair”, he says, full of slick events and branding....
...Speakers included the architect Thomas Heatherwick — creator of huge public spectacles such as New York’s Vessel, the B of the Bang in Manchester and London’s unrealised Garden Bridge — who decried “boring...
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...Even the convertible pieces — one of the most lavish traditions of old-world high jewellery — are executed with such slick precision that there’s an ease, a casualness, so it appears almost like switching...
...The backing band gave their 1990s R&B hits an old-fashioned soul revue feel, while super-slick dancers did backflips....
...Jensen is often a scriptwriter alone — his credits run to half the Danish cinema of the past 25 years — and the story has slick forward momentum. That helps....
...Everything is shipshape in this slick, professional show....
...Thomas Friedberger, deputy chief executive at Tikehau Capital, a €34.3bn alternatives asset manager, says: “We need to learn to invest again in an inflationary environment....
...A slick, soulful trip down memory lane, King’s Disease is intended as a manual for young artists navigating the music industry. “The business is hard and not many artists make it....
...“Companies that have the deepest pockets, slick online operations and are aligned to needs, rather than wants, are best positioned.”...
...Enticed by a slick marketing campaign, they had expected guaranteed returns of 8-12 per cent annually, but were left to shoulder the costs of ground rent and service charges on the buildings, despite earning...
...A friend moves into the 45th floor of a slick and shimmering tower in London’s Isle of Dogs....
...“Whisky’s flavour isn’t determined by where it’s made but how it’s made,” says co-owner Thomas Aske....
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