Word: pubbing
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With advising from Nicholi, filming took place in Oxford, England, where Lewis was a professor at Magdalen College in Oxford University, and at a pub where Lewis met with the Inklings—a group of colleagues including J. R.R. Tolkien, one of Lewis’ closest friends...
...worst atrocity of the Irish Troubles: three bombs exploding within 90 seconds during rush hour in Dublin in May 1974, killing 27 and maiming hundreds. Ninety minutes later, another bomb went off outside a pub in Monaghan, killing seven. No one was ever charged with the crimes. Last week a four-year judicial inquiry concluded that it was probable, though not proven, that the loyalist paramilitaries who planted the bombs had help from low-level members of the British security forces. Justice Henry Barron, the report's author, tried to probe whether senior British intelligence figures were involved...
Shout: An essential Australian custom. Generally means a “round” of alcoholic beverages that is paid for by a single member of the drinking party. If you ever find yourself in an Australian pub, you must offer to “shout” all your new-found mates a drink—it’s considered very bad form to buy a drink just for yourself. Of course, such a system of communal purchasing tends to encourage heavy drinking, but who’s complaining...
...forum, problem set, pub,” Bezhuashvili said. “Life is very intense here.” Of course, the Georgian official and ambassador is still first and foremost a student...
...First Boston, wants to encourage "openness and connection, that we're all in this together"--the kind of culture he remembers from his 25 years at investment firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Blackstone is a powerhouse, with $14 billion raised for private-equity investment, including a recent move into the pub division of British beermaker Scottish & Newcastle. It has also raised $4 billion for real estate investment and claims a top-tier restructuring advisory group that counts Enron and Xerox among its clients. As Blackstone tries to achieve its next goals--expanding in Europe, beefing up its mergers-and-acquisitions practice...