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...In late spring, they burst into white flowers. The Retiro’s foundations lie in the gardens of a monastery, which served as a royal retreat for King Philip II in the 16th century....
...All of the current leadership team is white. The heads of the risk advisory and financial advisory service lines, Andy Morris and Richard Bell, are also among those to leave the executive group....
...Five unmissable stories this week Jim Chanos, one of Wall Street’s most prominent bears, is closing his main short-focused hedge funds after more than three decades....
...A passing truck bears the logo of the corporation that runs many for-profit prisons. Undercurrents of weirdness rise to the surface....
...It’s in the name, which is derived from Ursaria (as the city was called in Roman times, back when the region was popular with bears), the black and white photographs of 1920s-40s Madrid by Diego González...
...Rvival largely caters for busy white-collar workers and senior executives, says Brown....
...For decades, the black British artist — like many of her peers — was consigned to the margins by a white arts establishment....
...A plantation bell from Demerara, cast in 1772 to order the working day, was donated to St Catharine’s College in 1960....
...“It restores it by bringing all these bacteria to bear on the skin.”...
...The grounds were in full bloom, a tableau of pink and white blossoms. A serene lake stretching out in front reflected the building’s worn facade and gabled roof....
...Who bears responsibility for Kanye West, aka Ye? Well, West of course: it is his decision to rebrand himself as the world’s most prominent anti-Semite and Hitler apologist....
...Could this be a depiction of the “white house” — could it be Dar Khalifa?...
...One thing I will say on the hiking: there are bears, rattlesnakes and mountain lions here, so don’t ever head out alone!...
...A nearby garden wall (this part of the river is just downstream from the Camerons’ castle) still bears the traces, in the form of a crater gouged into the red bricks by countless bullets....
...They might also be going to university, taking white-collar jobs and voting the same way as their white friends and, and, you know, university peers....
...In his office, I’d noticed a copy of Soul Fuel for Young Explorers, a best-selling, adventure-themed devotional written by the explorer Bear Grylls....
...“Bear markets suck,” Scaramucci added. “If I was doing super well right now — our performance is mediocre, lacklustre — who knows if we would be doing the transaction.”...
...During the day the Circolo is a quiet haven for study, but when the 6pm church bells chime, the aperitivi start to flow....
...Also reporting before the bell are Kraft Heinz, General Dynamics, Hess and Harley-Davidson. Ford reports after the market closes....
...To get there, we hike a trail through woods known to be the lair of wolves and bears. Fortunately, this morning all is quiet save the goat’s bells clanging softly in the valley....
...Von der Leyen’s advocacy of Ukrainian membership has set off alarm bells in many EU capitals....
...Then, and only then, do they bear it to the table with a kind of broodingly muscular ceremony. They’ll offer you a plate, which you will refuse....
...It shows black-and-white still portraits, and costumed figures standing against dramatic snow-capped peaks....
...In summer it bears a mass of tiny white flowers. These are four-petalled and have a strong almond scent....
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