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[001] a steam engine, a brightly coloured canal barge or a _____ and white striped deck-chair. The latter is almost a
[002] mmercial palazzi this side of Milan. These canyons of _____ sandstone still stir the spirit. The buildings of Gla
[003] ment at Broadgate in the City of London, clad in braw _____ granite, has more than a little in common with the m
[004] Broken English: Mark Lawson on Home Run, and BBC2's _____ Dynasty By MARK LAWSON THERE were several scary mome
[005] arty or the voice of the people?", asked a witness in _____ Dynasty (BBC 2). The speaker was a Chinese televisio
[006] d by director Julia Pascal's insistence on bathing in _____ and blue light the scenes where, perhaps in Katherine
[007] e ex-wife meets Slava. Fairly soon one realises that _____ means melodrama, and blue means romance, and you wond
[008] although the jazz idiom of, for instance, Crown's "A _____ - Headed Woman" is not really in the Royal Liverpool P
[009] , lit only from the back in lurid purple, orange and _____ , and reducing the band to shadowy figures looming ou
[010] under-Lyme as an Italian town band, with Chorus in a _____ hat and sash beating the bass drum. It is an immedia
[011] rom customers. Following legislative reforms, it has _____ as a move designed to ward off a takeover bid. If Pe
[012] cheddar or "territorial" cheeses such as Cheshire and _____ Leicester. Low fat hard and soft cheeses account for
[013] rformance at its highest level since April, is another _____ rag to dollar bulls looking for a narrower US trade
[014] s & City Page 30 891005 Small Business: Cut European _____ tape, says minister By ROBERT COLE TIMOTHY EGGAR, em
[015] the single market and should not be tied down by EC _____ tape. In the single market there was "more competiti
[016] formal contract. This, says Mr Eggar, will create more _____ tape and more regulations which will directly harm t
[017] ress (I) chief minister tore down one of his family's _____ and yellow standards, the Rajah rammed the visitor's
[018] l refitting. ’Ä¢Foreign News Page 13 891007 Two Swiss _____ Cross workers kidnapped in Sidon A Muslim militiaman
[019] sterday after gunmen in the city kidnapped two Swiss _____ Cross workers. The abduction brings to 19 the number
[020] kidnapped in Lebanon ’Ä¢Foreign News Page 13 891007 _____ Cross officials seized in Lebanon From ROBERT FISK i
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[001] Bath's MP is the Government's official friend of the _____ , Environment Secretary Chris Patten. ’Ä¢Architecture
[002] ment of crashing cymbals and lurid flashing lights. " _____ , wind and fire. A movement of elements". What men and
[003] "unchained and unfettered by regulations". Quite what _____ , wind and fire had to do with building a car factory
[004] to belong to some bare planet closer to the sun than _____ , and the passions of its people match that glaring he
[005] feet away, and starving cats licked the blood-soaked _____ . In between men with machetes hacked and chopped in
[006] e second god of the Hindu triad, resolved to return to _____ in human form. Dasaratha's wish was granted and, in
[007] aby Rama was born as Vishnu's seventh incarnation on _____ . So began a glorious episode in Hindu legend, leading
[008] escending, and when day broke, even a glimpse of the _____ below was intercepted by fog. Five days had passed w
[009] the thought of having lost the only being he loved on _____ . Only two minutes had passed from the time when Cyru
[010] bonnet was a thocht ajee." It appeared formed of bare _____ , here and there pierced by reddish rocks. They wishe
[011] well, which perhaps reached far into the bowels of the _____ . The atmosphere inside the crater was filled with no
[012] d trees. They were walking over yellowish calcinated _____ , forming a plain of nearly a mile long, which extende
[013] eam flowed clear and limpid between high banks of red _____ , the color of which betrayed the presence of oxide o
[014] nd arrows were sufficient for centuries to stain the _____ with blood. Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and w
[015] ton. Now the sun, in its apparent movement round the _____ , traverses one degree in four minutes, or fifteen de
[016] y formed a sort of declivity, a thick mass of stones, _____ , and sand, bound together by plants, bushes, and gras
[017] immense heap, the exterior of which was covered with _____ and grass, several air-holes being left, as if it was
[018] rests their fecundity, these plants would overrun the _____ ." But the engineer had not finished his lecture. "And
[019] decided to leave it to nature, and confide it to the _____ . This was done that very day, and it is needless to
[020] nd searched for insects and worms; then a bed of good _____ , improved with a little lime, was made; it was surrou
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[001] retailing and if it doesn't pay off, move on somewhere _____ . I've watched this process in my other local town, C
[002] it had killed off the local shops, moved on somewhere _____ . In neither case has anyone
[003] . In neither case has anyone _____ occupied the premises. The whole story is made worse
[004] it - not, apparently, being able to think of anything _____ to do with it, such as building council houses for th
[005] could do without that, and so perhaps could everyone _____ . ’Ä¢Architecture Page 21 891122 Home truths that have
[006] ir John Soane, in 1953, Erith argued: "While everyone _____ thought there was something the matter with architect
[007] dignified community college architecture. Like anyone _____ , architects rise to meet the high expectations of a b
[008] necdotage: "His attack to a guitar was, oh, something _____ . . . " ’Ä¢ Arts Page 12 891002 DANCE / Taking a rain
[009] nts (the old man perhaps communing with his diary) or _____ dance as a couple (the man reliving past relationshi
[010] e baby, it's so tragique,", would qualify Ray, if all _____ failed, as a script- writer for "Allo "Allo. ’Ä¢Arts
[011] atched by so mobile and luminous a face that everyone _____ on stage looks slightly blank. Everyone, that is, ex
[012] Bond _ it's of no consequence to anybody if somebody _____ makes them". And there is always the ultimate unbund
[013] anagement would be that there is no certainty anybody _____ could do a better job. Ditching its shareholders is
[014] ilians. "You do not commit American lives on somebody _____ 's time frame, somebody
[015] 's time frame, somebody _____ 's plan and somebody
[016] 's plan and somebody _____ 's schedule," said Mr Baker. But he said that does no
[017] of Luanda, but it is more of a feeling than anything _____ . The run- down villas and cement footpaths give way t
[018] ff, having no friends in the Soviet Union or anywhere _____ . But no one knows, and perhaps there is nothing to k
[019] asy. They are conceived of as a last resort when all _____ fails, including a mandatory three-day cooling-off pe
[020] rried away by the exuberance of his own and everybody _____ 's strokeplay, but Kapil Dev survives - and he is the
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[001] something of a housing problem then - dealt with by " _____ solutions, in
[002] solutions, in _____ boxes, for a standardised society". But of current pr
[003] l ensure that the building is restored to an exacting _____ over the next five years. Money, however, has still
[004] fied high quality building. It was comparable to the _____ of "community" architecture in Denmark. The setting w
[005] ample? Is it all down to the economy or does our poor _____ of education and our class structure still play a sh
[006] shaping our material lives are good; they guarantee a _____ of decency and safety. But the decency is bare, it i
[007] ng exchange rates. In pre-1914 days, there was a gold _____ , and a single world capital market centred on London.
[008] y there is again a global capital market, but no gold _____ , no fixed exchange rates, for Britain not even a Euro
[009] heir own national borders, agreement on an objective _____ for measuring the financial health of a business is v
[010] hat financial statements should be based on the same _____ but the inevitable follow up comment is: "Yes, ours"
[011] ed option. More than 2,000 contracts were completed. _____ Chartered, the banking group, rose 4p to 535p. It is
[012] t appears the Germans are taking over the running of _____ 's European branches. But there is little chance of th
[013] But there is little chance of the Germans buying into _____ . Ferranti International, the troubled electronics gro
[014] d Associated Newspapers. The Mail and London Evening _____ group is to put its book publishing interests into C
[015] sterday. The group is targeting NatWest, Barclays and _____ Chartered - the three British banks on the technical
[016] nt senior partner. ’Ä¢Business & City Page 26 891005 _____ in 150m pound German deal By PATRICK HOSKING
[017] in 150m pound German deal By PATRICK HOSKING _____ Chartered yesterday announced plans to sell the bulk
[018] an tie-up with Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale. _____ is selling most of its continental commercial banking
[019] ions to WestLB for £100m. In a second deal, netting _____ another £50m, the two sides are pooling their merch
[020] cted by the end of the year. The sale will strengthen _____ 's balance sheet and improve its capital ratios, whic
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[001] rence". Although some members of the Royal Fine Arts _____ found the Blackfriars scheme disconcerting, they all
[002] discrimination of the elected members of the planning _____ , and the indifference of the paid officials. They hav
[003] t in its conception it was uncaring and prejudiced. A _____ had assumed that working-class people liked to live
[004] published by the International Accounting Standards _____ . This is hardly the sort of catchy title guaranteed t
[005] 's working hours, are likely as a result of the Elwes _____ 's review. Page 24 Century stroke: The Hundred Group
[006] s working hours, are likely as a result of the Elwes _____ 's review of ISE working practice. The ISE Council yes
[007] terday considered a progress report from the special _____ on the domestic equity market, chaired by Nigel Elwe
[008] . The council has endorsed a recommendation from the _____ that there should be no change to the restrictions pl
[009] vices, which many market makers have criticised. The _____ 's full recommendations are expected towards the end
[010] "only around half a per cent". A shareholders action _____ has been formed to see if any value can be obtained.
[011] Chartered - the three British banks on the technical _____ negotiating the rescheduling of about dollars 11bn of
[012] iness & City Page 25 891006 Littler to head clearing _____ By JOHN MOORE, Assistant City Editor SIR GEOFFREY LI
[013] n asked by the International Stock Exchange to head a _____ which will develop proposals for a clearing house in
[014] s some listed companies. Other members of the Littler _____ named yesterday are Jonathan Agnew of the British Me
[015] nternational Stock Exchange; and Alex Tweedie of the _____ of London and Scottish Bankers. Andrew Hugh Smith, c
[016] ments". Sir Geoffrey intends to call a meeting of the _____ early next week. ’Ä¢Business & City Page 25 891006 St
[017] g SHORT of selecting a dead student, the Nobel Prize _____ could hardly have made a choice more calculated to e
[018] pression of protesters in Tiananmen Square, the Nobel _____ decision focuses attention on the use of equally brut
[019] the first vote of the day, they ensured that Central _____ members and regional party secretaries not elected a
[020] awarded the Peace Prize to the Dalai Lama. The Peace _____ cited not only his religious work but his "struggle f
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[001] iliar Edwardian seaside gables. Just a few years ago _____ had to be "modern"; today
[002] had to be "modern"; today _____ is OK if it has some kind of "heritage". An editoria
[003] ftware" experts was recruited to take minute care of _____ from accessories for the restaurant to uniform styli
[004] ing his approach with his laces tied. In fact, almost _____ before seven is business news with men in suits watch
[005] antly direct, inventive setting of The Ugly Duckling. _____ was Nordic or Russian except the Lehar group that cam
[006] k. Her story- telling has no obliqueness, no mystery; _____ is slowly and patiently explained, as though the aud
[007] ity. She paces dangerously around the stage claiming _____ in sight, including Solor, with the naive greed of a
[008] "one has the feeling that it only needs a spark for _____ to blow up here". A group of East German trade union
[009] ance in New Democracy's favour. Mr Papandreou will do _____ he can to thwart New Democracy. He has wooed back re
[010] ly becoming more discerning, after having snapped up _____ on offer in the initial heady flush of press freedom.
[011] ime in the schedules for the big ones," Bromley says. _____ else, the minorities, go to Channel 4 where they fit
[012] f 1984-85 are priceless," Ferguson said. Wembley and _____ was like a dream, but even before that people treate
[013] what difference marriage had made: Before I could do _____ I wanted to do, now I have to ask". Carl- Uwe Steeb,
[014] rst leg, Hemel spent the first half apparently doing _____ they could to double the deficit. They almost succeed
[015] Rob Andrew. What made it more extraordinary was that _____ had conspired against them, from the Home Unions com
[016] ead cut to 12-10, knowing they were not going to get _____ their own way. Any relief Widnes might have felt at
[017] 500 feet from us!" "Overboard with every weight! ... _____ !" Such were the loud and startling words which resoun
[018] ole districts leveled by waterspouts which destroyed _____ they passed over, several thousand people crushed on
[019] ighed down the car, the few provisions they had kept, _____ , even to their pocket-knives, and one of them, havin
[020] this voice responded others not less determined. "Is _____ thrown out?" "No, here are still 2,000 dollars in go
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[001] t the pilots must submit their claim to the regulated _____ -fixing system, under whose guidelines most pay rises
[002] iness of government," he said. Proposals for minimum _____ regulations also came under attack. "Minimum
[003] regulations also came under attack. "Minimum _____ regulations, far from protecting workers, will fuel i
[004] act concessions and stagnant income. They are seeking _____ increases several percentage points above prevailing
[005] increases several percentage points above prevailing _____ settlements, and voted overwhelmingly to reject Boein
[006] y 5 per cent ahead which looks a poor defence against _____ costs rising by 8 per cent and high street occupancy
[007] ices, tighten tax discipline, cut state subsidies and _____ indexation and limit pay increases. Mr Balcerowicz s
[008] nister Nikolai Ryzhkov disclosed grim new evidence of _____ inflation here, and Dr Alan Greenspan, the visiting c
[009] year-old, but withdrew when they heard the player's _____ demands. After four weeks without a game Hendry is p
[010] r told us how to achieve it". He said he favors _____ increases for workers- "but manufacturers are caught
[011] go home, while the administration continued to _____ the battle with the $28 million in extra revenues th
[012] a day. About half of these are exported. "Two, _____ costs are a fraction of the U.S. costs. A skilled wo
[013] purpose of the conference will be to get certain low- _____ countries to control textile exports- especially dum
[014] ts- especially dumping of specific products- to high- _____ textile-producing countries. Japan, since 1957, h
[015] t the conference or through bilateral talks, the low- _____ textile-producing countries in Asia and Europe will
[016] es having difficulty competing with imports from low- _____ countries. ## @ Among the highest-paid workers in
[017] alance. It includes a raise in the county minimum _____ , creation of several new jobs at the executive level
[018] oint of this speech. Kennedy knows the West will not _____ war for West Berlin, neither conventional nor nuclea
[019] ually the kolkhoz system and replace it by uniformly _____ -earning sovkhozes, i.e., state farms (which were, mo
[020] mined that his portion of the slaves be converted to _____ laborers during the transition period before emancip
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[001] en by Albert Speer. This sort of structure would look _____ enough in Basingstoke or Milton Keynes, but slap in t
[002] Bath we are suffering the worst of both worlds. It is _____ Georgian style and it is
[003] Georgian style and it is _____ modern design. Architects can either play safe and ec
[004] nts" grave in what seemed to be a symbol for throwing _____ money after good. Michael Kitchen played Billy with s
[005] Church was a "sex- negative" institution - sex was a _____ thing because it interfered with the search for spiri
[006] it's two minutes on screen. What you leave out isn't _____ dialogue, it's book dialogue". Within certain laws of
[007] , maybe: a triumph for the gods of chaos, lunacy and _____ taste - or, to put it more plainly, a film version of
[008] a America's leading connoisseur of chaos, lunacy and _____ taste, John Waters (who made Pink Flamingos and Hair
[009] st reason the Chancellor gives is that there is some " _____ " froth on the "good" deficit: that is to say, eviden
[010] push Ferranti down a distress sale path. That will be _____ for shareholders but something they will have to acc
[011] er with another firm was first a good idea and then a _____ idea. And the contempt and disinterest with which the
[012] orking practices. "The charter is ill- conceived and _____ for small firms," he told the Confederation of Britis
[013] conomy. "But this chance was given to us in extremely _____ conditions". Poland must cut spending, free prices,
[014] raged, has not been completely rebuffed. There may be _____ blood between the two party leaderships but, given a
[015] alaise by expelling "anti-social elements, who have a _____ attitude to work and also to normal living conditions
[016] daries was Dickie Bird, who took the players off for _____ light for quarter of an hour at 5.30. The new ball w
[017] if 24-17 and derisive chants of Easy, easy" were not _____ enough, this humiliation was against a side who have
[018] pace. When the pressure comes on, players revert to _____ habits," Ryan said. The All Blacks would treat such
[019] den Stadium of 2,581, boosted by visiting fans. In a _____ -tempered match, Jason Ramshaw, the Halifax hooker, h
[020] st the lack of manners which appalls us, but the sheer _____ timing. We have come all this way to take part in a m
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[001] ngle- storey office block for IBM at Portsmouth and a _____ glass building for an insurance company, Willis Faber
[002] m a hysterical reaction to two gazetteers, printed in _____ and white. But when you consider the relatively comp
[003] d by Sir Owen Williams in 1936, using the same opaque _____ glass.) This book is the perfect architectural stock
[004] ellent? The main problem is the large, virtually all _____ cast - chorus, children and all. Colour-blind casting
[005] ders lead up to a balcony, a tap drips into a can. A _____ girl wanders on softly singing a country blues, and is
[006] nhattan: Airlines fly into regulatory storm By LARRY _____ RE- REGULATION is the buzzword on the lips of the US
[007] plausible than it is today. World production of tea ( _____ and green) grew from 2.27m tonnes in 1985 to 2.34m to
[008] sumption and demand in the mid-1980s, the market for _____ tea alone was finely balanced at around 1.67m tonnes
[009] ways other than all-out privatisation," he said. "The _____ and white approach used in this country, where a com
[010] ion near in US battle over cellular phones From LARRY _____ in New York THE LENGTHY battle for control of New Yor
[011] inist strike brings Boeing to a standstill From LARRY _____ in New York WITH dollars 80bn (£50bn) worth of order
[012] Other large estate agencies, including the Prudential, _____ Horse and Hambro Countrywide chains have also had to
[013] tle with a competitor. PFS expects to be back in the _____ for the full year. Prem, LEP's new testing equipment
[014] ican businesses, to help finance homes for low-income _____ families. At the same time, William Waldegrave, the M
[015] ti- apartheid groups. Chief Buthelezi, one of the few _____ leaders inside South Africa who has been consistent
[016] e London as the scene of the latest in the series of _____ - white encounters which have become a regular featur
[017] e, while Mrs Thatcher gave interviews to four leading _____ journalists. The support given to the Urban Foundati
[018] butter, Polish vodka and cigarettes on West Berlin's _____ market. "This can't go on much longer," the Poles ho
[019] ction promises of entering into talks with recognised _____ leaders. The president of the World Alliance of Refo
[020] for negotiations. In a significant concession to the _____ union movement, the government yesterday granted perm