Issue 158

..delighted by him doubling his bets to cover his losses, as they profited by the eight billion dollars that he had lost. This increased the bonuses, the eventual sale of Porsches, floating gin palaces, excessive dinner, divorce settlements etc. of the very few people who tended to sit in front of trading screens for far…

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..dollars a year to launch ships, entertain foreign dignitaries, tour the colonies and open fetes. The Royals worth as an English tourist attraction is greater than Stonehenge – which has endured a lot longer – or Big Ben – which has the benefit of being somewhat more timely than the House of Windsor. Perhaps there…

..in place. The fact that the country was a democracy, beholden to the separation of powers, was regarded as an inconvenience to be circumvented by any means. The law and the legislature were routinely ignored by hiding activities behind a wall of secrecy justified by legal opinions that were never revealed to those who asked….

..incisors eventually surrendered. I could tell the difference between linoleum and the Italian tiles that they tried to imitate without needing to resort to a hammer and chisel. In the film ‘Stagecoach’ when the Indian fell amongst the team of horses, went under the stagecoach , caught the axle and climbed back onto the swaying…