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Rupert Thomson's five novels have earned him the status of a cult figure, at least in the British press, but the London-based author, 44, now seems to be bidding for a somewhat more remunerative title, as in "best seller." Thomson's sixth novel, The Book of Revelation (Knopf...
The Syrians may actually have restrained Hezbollah up to a point - the guerrilla movement pointedly refrained from delivering its expected salvo of Katyushka rockets into northern Israeli towns following the air raids, concentrating their fire exclusively on Israeli troops occupying Lebanese territory - but they're plainly in no hurry to...
"[The trust] could allow the city to bid for and take land for housing without going through the normal channels of public bidding," he says.
An assault on the U.S. market is not in the cards; further expansion in Europe is more likely. Before its Czech purchases, SAB established itself in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Russia. A top brand like Pilsner Urquell, say industry insiders, will reinforce SAB's No. 1 position in the...
There was a sort of magic about Edison, although it had nothing to do with illusions or misdirections. An assistant once described the Wizard at work, "displaying cunning in the way he neutralizes or intensifies electromagnets, applying strong or weak currents, and commands either negative or positive directional currents to...