Hints and tips:
...Their collective value only overtook that of Parisian rivals this week because wealthy Chinese shoppers are buying fewer of the luxury handbags purveyed by Bernard Arnault’s LVMH....
...A David Shrigley poster might sit happily beside a Ben Nicholson etching; a Bernard Leach pot with a piece of found French studio pottery....
...Vernon Bogdanor, a leading constitutional historian, fears the worst for Whitehall....
...[4] The prime minister’s wife Mary voted against, according to Vernon Bogdanor. So did some members of the prime minister’s staff....
...The process has been “a waste of money”, according to Labour’s shadow defence secretary, Vernon Coaker....
...Bernard Gray, the civil servant in charge of the entire plan, has previously said this: Would I like more bidders?...
...The idea to outsource procurement came from Bernard Gray, who now runs the government department charged with the task....
...“That would now be available for shareholders, one would think,” said Mr Vernon....
...Supplementing their colony was an Anglo-American literary elite including Bernard Berenson, Edith Wharton and James....
...However, her buyer eventually bagged the top lot, Bonnard’s 1923 “Terrasse à Vernon”, paying £7.2m for the colourful view of the artist’s Normandy garden – almost twice the estimate and setting a new auction...
...As early as April, he was contemplating a June or October poll, according to Bernard (now Lord) Donoghue, his then policy unit head in Downing Street....
...“That which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” says Vernon Barback, president and chief operating officer. “The lessons learnt have come back to be very valuable assets for us.”...
...But, as French journalist Bernard Pivot once said, everyone sees in the word “bistro” what he or she wants to see....
...He will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 24 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Haitink....
...Vernon Mount Cork, Ireland Vernon Mount, a neoclassical suburban villa in Ireland, is arguably the finest example of its building type to survive in the country, according to Donough Cahill, the director...
...Bernard O’Riordan, Sydney, Australia Sir Terry Leahy: I’m always being asked where Tesco may go next, but I’m afraid the answer is always the same - I can’t comment....
...The group's steering committee includes Josef Ackermann of Deutsche Bank; Jorma Ollila of Nokia; Richard Perle, the former Pentagon adviser; Vernon Jordan, the confidant of former US president Bill Clinton...
...Cameron’s tutor at Brasenose College was the political scientist Vernon Bogdanor, who says: “He’s not changed from the student I knew.”...
...Vernon E....
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