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From tomorrow to 8 January.Alberta Ferretti, 205-206 Sloane Street, London SW1, 0171 235 234 Sale from 29 December to 30 January. Bargain alert: ponyskin coat reduced from pounds 2,806 to pounds 1,403.Betty Jackson, 311 Brompton Road, London SW3, 0171 589 7884 Sale now on, ends 22 January. Bargain alert: suede dress, cut from pounds 696 to pounds 487.Browns, 23-27 South Molton Street, London W1, 0171 ...
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No sooner has his Faustian pact been made than his wife starts to become unhinged and untold problems emerge. And the stigmata can be caught from objects, as if they were germs. Not surprisingly, the Catholic Church in America has condemned it as rubbish.But nobody is criticising Hollywood for a lack of enthusiasm for its subject.This latest revival of the "devil" genre kicked off last ...
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Hoberman helped found the British internet auction site QXL. Were they doing their current job just for the money? "I never felt anything for QXL," Hoberman says "I never empathised with it There is a still a glamour about travel. The company was his idea, and together they are pioneering the marketing of a lifestyle that until now has hardly been catered for at all.
Hoberman ...
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BANGKOK AND Kuala Lumpur have been identified as the key staging posts in a multi-million- pound operation to smuggle economic migrants into Britain. Barbara Roche, the minister responsible for immigration, said last night that the scale of the human trafficking identified by British officials stationed at overseas airports was "absolutely incredible".
Sophisticated forgers based in the Thai and Malaysian capitals are offering a high-grade service in ...
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If Iceland is the Wild West, Reykjavik is Dodge City, an exuberant oasis on the very edge of a largely uninhabitable country.
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The weather is best in summer, when the temperature reaches the upper 50s, sometimes nudging 60F. Now I have been, I can report that the scenery is breathtaking, the people delightful and Reykjavik an endearing small-town capital city that thoroughly ...
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"Thinking has to go further than curvy desks and telling staff they only need come in on a Thursday.". MINISTERS ARE to be forced to disclose details of government sponsorship deals with commercial companies amid allegations that some Millennium Dome backers might have received privileged access. US ad agency Chiat Day, one of the movement's pioneers, recently shifted tack again - with the re-introduction of ...
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After spending half a lifetime battling for better conditions and quality for patients, I felt constrained to spend the last decade in largely private practice.
I actually earned less than before, but I was able to work in blessed peace, unhampered by stultifying bureaucracy and to offer my patients what I considered best for each individual's need.A pensioner today, I attend my own dentist on a ...
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The West Indies' score of 287 for 5 was the highest made by a team batting second, eclipsing the West Indies' own mark of 285 against Pakistan in Sharjah in 1993.
The Trinidadian Simmons and the opener Stuart Williams started the onslaught in a stand of 89 runs for the second wicket in just 13 overs. Chasing Australia's formidable 286 for 9 on a perfect Bourda ...
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Indeed the forwards tied the ball in so much that there was actually very little flat-passing and too little passing of any kind, making it too much of a throwback to the static but successful forward grind of previous seasons.And that, as Jack Rowell is uncomfortably aware, will be inadequate if England are to turn themselves from European champions into world champions. Rob Andrew, by ...
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There was a chorus of "Always look on the bright side of life", to make their guests feel at home, then a rendition of "You'll never walk alone", complete with scarves and flags, that rekindled memories of the glory years.It was Liverpool's first win over United since the penultimate weekend of the 1992-93 season That win secured Leeds the title at United's expense. There are ...
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