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...Coinciding with the European discovery of the Americas, the war between the Habsburg and Ottoman empires traversed the globe....
...Related links: What Hertz tells us about the future of shared mobility – FT Alphaville Shared mobility V.1, USSR edition – FT Alphaville Do the economics of self-driving taxis actually make sense?...
...While the stars amble from camera crew to camera crew chatting to the likes of Ryan Seacrest, those of us in lane two deliberately shuffle along as slowly as possible, trying to catch a glimpse of which...
...Trickier than keeping in lane or a safe distance behind the car in front is the “softer side” of driving, says Mr Buczkowski....
...We’re also opening negotiations on a city deal with Edinburgh; we back the new V&A in Dundee....
...This may complicate life for makers of driverless cars: because of legal uncertainties and hugely variable driving environments, “self-driving” is likely to be offered as an optional setting for decades...
...estate – took shape, its properties crowned by V-shaped butterfly roofs by William Krisel....
...India Grows At Night: A Liberal Case for a Strong State, by Gurcharan Das, Allen Lane, RRP£19.99/Penguin Global, RRP$25 Das, a former businessman, was one of the first public intellectuals to analyse the...
...The militarisation of state and society in Prussia, which united Germany under its leadership after three wars between 1864 and 1870, was to have baleful consequences for Europe, and indeed the world, in...
...David Thomson is author of ‘The Big Screen’ (Allen Lane, £25) ‘Hollywood Costume’ is at the V&A, London, October 20-January 27 2013, www.vam.ac.uk...
...Lane Erickson Hatalsky of the Third Way think-tank in Washington said that contrary to the way the issue was often portrayed in politics, abortion was not a black-and-white issue for most Americans....
...Even now in the US, corruption in drawing political boundaries is, in most states, simply part of the game....
...Monica Narula, a member of the Raqs Media Collective, an Indian art group, says “trends in China, Korea, Japan, South Africa, the Gulf States, Turkey, Mexico and Brazil have become as significant as points...
...Nothing can beat a good park (Yoyogi and the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Central Park in NY, Djurgården in Stockholm) but the gym at the George V in Paris also does the trick. 6....
...“We’ve got to have a more effective approach to maintaining security on the seas, in the ocean lanes, that are so essential to commerce and travel,” Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, told reporters...
...For a start, Oracle would have to be able to serve a subpoena on him within the state of California during the course of the trial for him to appear....
...Predictably for the world’s largest carmaker at the time, GM’s exhibit focused largely on transportation, and featured automated, seven-lane highways snaking through enormous cities....
...The talent show judge with the razor-sharp put downs, V-neck sweaters and high-waisted trousers capped weeks of wall-to-wall newspaper coverage of his ITV show The X Factor by taking on the UK Border Agency...
...Like the slow food crusade, slow design is a reaction against modern fast-lane lifestyles....
...Disclaimer: the Fast Lane Global Concierge Service cannot be held responsible if you don’t agree with the opinion of the columnist....
...From the little known about Pynchon’s private life, Inherent Vice is a trip down memory lane....
...Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States By Andrew Coe Oxford University Press, £15.99 The story of America’s love-hate relationship with Chinese food, from the first American...
...ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future By Iain Carson and Vijay V....
...Their modern designs draw on a rich vocabulary of Indian craft traditions while high production values have ensured a presence at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the V&A and Musée des Arts Decoratifs...
...The worst of the film is Downey’s Memory Lane schtick, clunky and ponderous....
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