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Ruler of Britannia
Oxford :: United Kingdom | 25 days ago
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Richard Aldous has explored the transatlantic relationship between the two leaders with great verve but also with some adroit demythologising of this relationship in view of the archival evidence. He makes the point that their friendship, like that
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Former leader of L'Oreal 'deserved' his €100m gift
Oxford :: United Kingdom | 25 days ago
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The retiring British boss of L'Oreal has a simple message for those who criticise a 100m gift that he received from Liliane Bettencourt, the chief shareholder in the French multinational. Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones the man who built L'Oreal into the
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British woman gives birth to two sets of identical twins
Oxford :: United Kingdom | 25 days ago
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A woman in Britain beat 70,000,000-to-one odds by giving birth to quadruplets who are two sets of identical twins, her husband said. James, Joshua, Lauren and Emily are the children of Sharon and Julian Turner, who had been trying to conceive since
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Mississippi pawnshop sued in Chicago cop's death
Oxford :: MS :: USA | 26 days ago
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After all, he's one himself. "We don't want anybody messing with our guns," he said. But what happened to Thomas Wortham IV is different, says Barrett, who joined with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence to sue a Mississippi pawnshop that sold a
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McNamara hopes for Wembley exposure
Oxford :: United Kingdom | 27 days ago
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McNamara hoping Wembley boosts rugby league England head coach Steve McNamara hopes that staging the Rugby League World Cup semi-finals at Wembley will give the game greater exposure in the south. Both last-four ties will be played at the venue on
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Ricin investigation focuses on Mississippi men's feud
Oxford :: MS :: USA | 27 days ago
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Miss. The investigation into poisoned letters mailed to President Barack Obama and others has shifted from an Elvis impersonator to his longtime foe, and authorities must now figure out if an online feud between the two men might have escalated
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IHT Rendezvous: The Trans-Atlantic College Search
Oxford :: MS :: USA | 27 days ago
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When I told a cousin that I was taking my daughter to look at U.S. colleges this spring she sent me a DVD of The Sopranos episode in which Tony, embarking on a similar tour, encounters a former associate and strangles him wire while his daughter is
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Santa Fe Opera selects new chief conductor
Oxford :: United Kingdom | 27 days ago
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The Santa Fe Opera has selected British conductor Harry Bicket to become its chief conductor. Opera General Director Charles MacKay said Wednesday that Bicket's appointment takes effect in October and he will conduct a performance of Beethoven's "
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Oxford University students cause outrage with plan to hire SHARK as entertainment at summer ball
Oxford :: United Kingdom | 28 days ago
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23 April 2013 Students at the Oxford college once attended by Lady Thatcher provoked outrage last night over plans to hire a live shark as entertainment for a summer ball. The organising committee for students at Somerville and Jesus colleges planned
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Why big IT projects go wrong
Oxford :: United Kingdom | 28 days ago
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In 1975, a computer scientist named Fred Brooks published one of the seminal texts in the literature of computing. It had the intriguing title of The Mythical Man-Month and it consisted simply of a set of essays on the art of managing large software
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