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...The Soul of the Party in the Age of Extremesby John B Judis and Ruy TeixeiraA rigorous dissection of how and why the once formidable Democratic coalition — forged almost a century ago in the New Deal era...
...I reached out to each of the eight firms with Coinbase, and asked them what their Plan B was, as a back up. Only two responded....
...“I had a dual plan: plan A involved transforming the family home into a guest house and restaurant; and plan B was to sustain a livelihood as a chef, regardless.”...
...He was taken under the wing of Joe Glaser, Louis Armstrong’s longtime manager, and became the agent for many jazz and R&B musicians, including Little Willie John and Sarah Vaughan....
...[‘TEXAS HOLD ’EM PLAYING] Lilah RaptopoulosThe album features country greats from Dolly Parton to Willie Nelson. It features a duet with Miley Cyrus....
...“The Battle of the Spies”, the latest episode of Anita Anand and Willie Dalrymple’s Empire podcast....
...World jet fuel and kerosene demand was 7.9m b/d before the pandemic in 2019, according to the International Energy Agency....
...Venture capital firm General Catalyst has appointed Kenneth Frazier, former chief executive and executive chair of Merck, as chair of its health assurance initiatives....
...While at Drinker Biddle, the law firm where he started his career, Mr Frazier had worked pro bono to overturn the conviction of James Willie “Bo” Cochran, who was released in 1997 after 19 years on Alabama...
...This morning Kingfisher, owner of hardware stores B&Q and Screwfix, showed just how handy we’ve all become since lockdown started....
...Willie Walsh walks away with £883,000, half of it cash, for his final full-year stint in charge of IAG — more than his salary....
...S&P underscored the perilous state of the industry on Monday by downgrading its credit rating on Australia’s second-largest carrier, Virgin Australia, to B- from B+....
...Here are my picks for Biden’s cabinet, to be announced one at a time — tantalisingly — to ensure maximum TV coverage:Vice-president: Oprah WinfreyAttorney-general: Tom HanksAgriculture: Willie NelsonCommerce...
...Willie Walsh, IAG chief executive, has long criticised plans to spend significantly on early construction costs before planning permission is granted or the scheme’s final costs are known....
...You may have seen some mention in the popular press this morning of results from Marks & Spencer, a UK-based apparel and ready-meal vendor that’s smaller by market cap than B&M European Retail....
...Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie accused the SNP of giving up on efforts to stop the UK leaving the EU....
...(FT) The real M.B.Z Mohammed bin Zayed, the leader of the United Arab Emirates, lurks behind the scenes but is arguably one of the most powerful figures in the Arab world....
...(b. 1961), an artist who Ooi showed when she was at Valentine Willie gallery....
...(OECD) Food for thought B reakfast cereals with packaging that may appeal to children contain alarming levels of sugar and salt....
...After a mail-order Italian rifle was used to assassinate John F Kennedy, his successor, Lyndon B Johnson, proposed legislation to end “murder by mail order”....
...Mr O’Leary’s warning about UK-EU flights follows another from IAG chief Willie Walsh about EU rules on the ownership of airlines....
...music: cheerful mouth organ and slide whistle jazz, and Ub Iwerks’ rhythmic percussion of banging pots and pans blare out from the synchronised soundtrack of Walt Disney’s first Mickey Mouse film Steamboat Willie...
...He scans the other pictures: “Uncle Sol — Uncle Willie we called him — lived in the same house that I did. Max — the only one in the family who actually made some money.”...
...Prewar fighters Joe Louis and Willie Pep (such a virtuoso of feints and lateral movement that he reputedly once won a round without attempting a punch) are in the conversation....
...For a man renowned for dogged adherence to his economic Plan A, he is in unfamiliar territory: “I’m on Plan B.” And, as soon becomes clear, Osborne’s Plan B does not involve throwing in the towel....
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