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...This Hunger Games atmosphere did not make the victors happy but it made them money, and it offered the prospect of one day being able to walk away with their spoils. “What could I do with £2mn?”...
...Eisenhower vs Adlai Stevenson II in 1956 — the original victors not only won again, but increased their margin of victory....
...centenary include histories by SA Smith (Russia in Revolution, January), Robert Service (The Last of the Tsars, February) and China Miéville (October, May) and biographies of Lenin by Tariq Ali (April), Victor...
...His predecessor, James Crosby, and chairman Lord Stevenson have also escaped censure. Changing tack now serves little practical purpose....
...Daniels thought its chairman (Lord) Dennis Stevenson, chief executive Hornby and his predecessor Sir James Crosby were “talented amateurs”. None came from a banking background....
...And as J Capital’s Anne Stevenson-Yang says, (channeling Victor Shih), “were China to begin to lose foreign exchange at the same USD 500 bln rate of a half decade ago, a number of related economic props...
...I was the only boy I knew who liked Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Master of Ballantrae better than Treasure Island; Arthur Conan Doyle’s The White Company rather than Sherlock....
...The tension of jury deliberations is captured as vividly as Nikita Khrushchev’s jovial strong-arming of the British victor at the prize-giving ceremony....
...Merseyside night life takes on a whole new complexion in Kelly + Victor. Are there dark corners of Liverpool where Sacher-Masoch and de Sade lurk?...
...Stevenson-Yang explains it could be rather tricky: If the WMPs stood alone, the banks could just buy their assets and close them down....
...They include Sir Tom McKillop, former chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland; Sir Victor Blank, former chairman of Lloyds; and Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, former chairman of HBOS....
...Just like the character in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, Wall Street is beset by a split personality....
...“Just what the victor’s policies will be remain unclear, but it is universally acknowledged among the parties that there will be ‘tough decisions’ ahead....
...The trading statement issued by Lloyds on Friday could alone fuel at least another day of parliamentary questioning for Andy Hornby and Lord Stevenson, respectively the former chief executive and chairman...
...(FT, September 27) “Dennis Stevenson speaking.” “Dennis – Victor Blank here. Listen, Dennis, about our offer for Dunlendin.”...
...At the top five banks, only Lord Stevenson of HBOS has hung on to his chair....
...Josephine Hart introduces the poets themselves, and their work is enhanced by some of our greatest actors, notably Edward Fox, Roger Moore and, the doyenne of spoken-word material, Juliet Stevenson....
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