Word: london
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...University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, he gave up a 25-year banking career in the late 1970s, after the breakup of his first marriage, to work as a shipping manager in Jidda, Saudi Arabia. Following a four-year stint as an employee of an oil cartel in London, Cicippio accepted the job at the American University in June 1984. "None of us wanted him to go, but he had made up his mind," said his brother...
...years, Britons have been regaled with mock letters like this from Denis Thatcher, the husband of Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, to his mythical chum Bill in the satirical London magazine Private Eye. The pungent missives are all the more outrageous as they seem to capture Denis' views and ripe turn of phrase with uncanny accuracy...
...duty. Denis' taste for "g & t" (gin and tonic), chums and golf is no secret. When he is not busy escorting his wife, he can frequently be spied on the exclusive golf course in Dulwich, the sedately elegant London suburb where the Thatchers own a large, two-story brick house for their retirement. After a round, he invariably speeds off to the clubhouse for a natter and a snort. He even launched a popular campaign against slow golfers with the argument: "After all, the quicker you finish your round, the more time you will have for a pint...
BENJAMIN WEST: AMERICAN PAINTER AT THE ENGLISH COURT, Baltimore Museum of Art. Period pieces today, these 52 canvases show what made "the American Raphael" (1738-1820) the toast of London and the first American artist to achieve international renown. Through...
...inventing it as they go along. But at the top it is essentially a one-man show: Gorbachev handles everything from party conclaves and press conferences to Supreme Soviet sessions to meetings with a stream of foreign visitors. He has looked red-eyed and weary on recent trips to London and Paris, and last week it was reported that he went for three nights without sleep because of the endless meetings. Gorbachev is under terrific pressure to produce the goods, literally, before his time runs out. Many Soviet experts in Europe and Washington predict that he has less than...