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...Polymath 1049: Mary Whittaker, Leicester, England Crossword 16,326: Simon Dare, Surrey, UK; Max Stewart, Australia; David Brown, Massachusetts, US Polymath 1,048: Craig Shadbolt, New Jersey, US Crossword...
...Sterling would crash (it was 1.50 to the USD before Sunderland reported on referendum night v 1.30 today, so surely we could survive a short-term move to 1.10?)....
...For us, it’s a branding opportunity, for sure.” Richard Milne is the FT’s Nordic correspondent....
...Eduardo Luisi, Bethesda, MD, US...
...Favourite things Gardiner smiles and points to Hector and Cuddles, his two golden retrievers — nine-year-old siblings — who have arranged themselves on and around a small sofa in the sitting room....
...Diabetes is the top cause of adult death in Mexico, which leads the world in child obesity and is second only to the US in adult obesity....
...But it’s also necessary to consider the influence that globalisation has brought us.”...
...Wednesday’s picks from beyondbrics: Martin Wolf on China’s dependence; Algeria’s shadow; let’s go to court, Argentine bondholders; and US v China in the supercomputer race....
...Today, Bolivia’s military guard the entrance to the v-shaped valley that hosts the cluster of adobe shacks that feed the mine....
...– it soon becomes apparent how much the rest of us have to learn....
...Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, by Karen Armstrong, The Bodley Head, RRP£12.99, 224 pages The religious slanging match that divides the media of the western world – Dawkins v Creation, Allah v Hitchens...
...This show includes figurative works as well as the abstract “Clearing V” (2009), in which Gormley uses 12 kilometres of aluminium tubing to create a “three dimensional drawing in space”, and “Body” (1991...
...A few steps away is Berlinde De Bruyckere’s “Robin V”, a scrawny corpse lying in a vitrine like a shrivelled archeological artifact....
...But Hector Ruiz, chief executive, sought to reassure worried investors on Thursday, promising to return AMD to profitability in 2008 in what he dubbed a “phenomenal transition year”....
...Helen of Troy comes at us from a different camp: women’s romance....
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