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...Gorbachev should have immediately made them put the promise in writing, notes Stephen Kinzer of Brown University. Gorbachev didn’t....
...Most people can’t describe the workings of a toilet, writes Steven Sloman, cognitive scientist at Brown University....
...Rima Scott, Buckingham Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe’s Deep Establishment by Yanis Varoufakis....
...CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping, by Kerry Brown, IB Taurus, RRP£20/$28 Xi Jinping, president of China, is now undoubtedly one of the most powerful men in the world....
...Capability Brown and His Landscape Gardens, by Sarah Rutherford, National Trust, RRP£20 A plethora of Capability Brown books is being published for the tercentenary of Brown’s birth....
...She was an adviser to the previous Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, in the Syriza government....
...In 2007, he tried to stand as the token leftwing leadership candidate against Gordon Brown, only to find that he could not muster the 44 MPs required to enter the ballot....
...Marc Chandler, global head of currency at Brown Brothers Harriman, said: “Now it looks like the ECB is playing hardball and markets see greater risk....
...Since the frenzied days of the 2011-12 debt crisis, “we have all learnt”, adds Marc Chandler, strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman....
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