Over Liverpool on 12 March 1941 he shot down a Heinkel 111 raider

Over Liverpool on 12 March 1941 he shot down a Heinkel 111 raider. On completing his tour of duty he became an instructor at a nightfigher Operational Training Unit.Early in 1942, by now commissioned, McNair was assigned to No 87 Squadron at Charmy Down, Devon, where he flew Hurricanes on nightfighter and night- intruder sorties [...]

Ladbroke the hotels and leisure company yesterday kicked off its long-awaited hotels

Ladbroke, the hotels and leisure company, yesterday kicked off its long-awaited hotels disposal programme, raising pounds 100m from the sale of the Langham Hilton in central London to Hong Kong-based Great Eagle, writes Mathew Horsman. Thereafter, and probably within three months, Hollinger will make a full, all-share bid for the company, aiming to take its [...]

Here the New Age lays out its myriad stalls each year – and each year there are more

Here the New Age lays out its myriad stalls each year – and each year there are more of them. A woman was holding a small glass crystal up to the light, dangling it on a silver thread “It is to help me sell my house,” she explained. “He told me to take it up [...]

Instead he sits behind a large desk in what appears to be a mock-up of

Instead, he sits behind a large desk, in what appears to be a mock-up of the Oval Office, as he tries to persuade voters that Mr Peres plans to divide Jerusalem.Polls show that two days from the election Mr Peres is proving marginally more persuasive. Shimon Peres, 72, who has failed to win at the [...]

diplomatically the UN was marginalised by the Dayton process

diplomatically, the UN was marginalised by the Dayton process. It was not even represented at the talks.”The 50-year old UN Charter concentrates on the need to preserve “international peace and security”, and contains few direct provisions for dealing with internal conflicts. In the longer term, global warming will also be a factor.The Sipri report highlights [...]

Bryan and Farrell imply that advances in technology make isolation of risk – a central part of financial services – much easier

Bryan and Farrell imply that advances in technology make isolation of risk – a central part of financial services – much easier. But that does not mean there will be no failures.As Kari Lampikoski and Jack Emden point out in Igniting Innovation, “The continuous change in financial markets is a kind of two-edged sword: it [...]

When she asked him to confess all in return he said he couldn’t possibly hurt her in the way she had hurt him

When she asked him to confess all in return, he said he couldn’t possibly hurt her in the way she had hurt him. What should she do now?
There is often a difference between how adult and sophisticated we imagine ourselves to be and the vulnerable weeping victims we really are, but in Irene’s [...]

For whether or not the bottom 10 per cent have got absolutely poorer since the mid-1970s -

For whether or not the bottom 10 per cent have got absolutely poorer since the mid-1970s – the widening gap in income distribution started before Margaret Thatcher came to power – it is clear they are relatively poorer, compared both to the middle and the top.For them, paradise has been denied. Even using the spending [...]

There is no difference between us he said

“There is no difference between us,” he said.He left school at 15 without any qualifications and, after a year as a commis chef and a waiter in local hotels in North Wales and Warrington, went to sea as a steward on Cunard liners. Dismissing as “Tory lies” reports of a split with Tony Blair over [...]

Now of course if you have enough money you can have your own home doing

Now, of course, if you have enough money you can have your own home doing the work for you at a verbal command. Lights will switch on, the television will come on when you tell it to.”Other examples predicted the closer future with uncanny accuracy. The 1909 film The Airship Destroyer offered a chilling insight [...]

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