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...Of the three parks, it is comfortably the closest to London....
...It’s deftly directed, though, by Nicholas Hytner in a series of beautifully composed tableaux on Vicki Mortimer’s luminously lit set....
...And where are the snow-parks? These are the areas created by resorts with ramps and half-pipes, where you can take off and get some airtime, even if that might be counted in milliseconds....
...“Then they expanded into the suburbs, where they built windowless boxes, maximising floor and display space in the middle of a car park....
...Always North , by Vicki Jarrett, Unsung Stories, RRP£9.99 Hard to classify, but never less than bracing, Always North depicts disaster befalling an Arctic oil bed survey expedition, then races a further...
...Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, summoned his counterparts in Opec to the Park Hyatt hotel in Vienna for crisis talks last Thursday evening....
...Some of my most exciting days are when we have students visiting from the US to learn about sustainable agriculture, and how to farm in the transitional zones around national parks....
...Almost by accident, the Texan billionaire had become the owner of an 80-year-old hotel at the south-east corner of Central Park....
...Vicki Maguire, joint chief creative officer at the advertising agency Grey London, says the industry is “woefully behind the curve” and guilty of peddling outdated stereotypes....
...She jokes that the menopause has given her a “new lease of energy”, and a love of park running....
...Vicki Stern, an analyst at Barclays, estimates that revenues in the theme parks business fell 13 per cent during the final three months of the year, on top of a 20 per cent fall during the third quarter....
...From Ms Vicki Sellick....
...john.gapper@ft.com ——————————————- Letter in response to this column: Let the locals pay for the amenity / From Mr Ian Slaughter Our existing public parks need new sustainable models too / From Ms Vicki...
...Vicki Huddleston, a former US ambassador to Mali, said the money funded the al-Qaeda-linked rebels who took over northern Mali last year. Eight French hostages are still being held in the Sahel....
...Vicki Cantrell, a National Retail Federation official who formerly worked at Tory Burch and other brands, says: “I don’t think [people] need it all the time . . ....
...On our final lap, Vicki, a press officer for the Lee Valley Park, is swept over the side. I’m alerted to this only by a panicked cry from one of the team....
...Last year, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company performed in Rockefeller Park along the Hudson River the day after a terrible storm and a week after the great choreographer died, aged 90....
...But as he drives into the car park, the inert cars suddenly bristle with life. Arms shoot out from car windows, each brandishing a fistful of empty plastic bags....
...But that is offset by the fact that it is only a block away from a park and the local elementary school, where mothers are walking with their prams to pick up their children for the day....
...“If you’re looking for coastal property it’s also important to bear in mind what you might want to use it for,” says Vicki Doudera of the Camden Real Estate company....
...The NAHB tells of one city that routinely charged constructors for the cost of building new parks but had failed to open a park in 27 years....
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