He should at least have requested another umpire and seen the committee beforehand but I don’t think

“He should at least have requested another umpire and seen the committee beforehand, but I don’t think he did that. At this stage I would just take away his prize-money, which at this point is pounds 15,000. I just can’t believe that he did that – and at Wimbledon of all places. This is what [...]

Gregory St John Rusedski-Smythe has a nice ring to it

Gregory St John Rusedski-Smythe has a nice ring to it.Agassi, of Armenian descent, has already thought of that one, and while Agassian to Agassi is not the most comprehensive change of name in United States’ history (Marian Morrison to John Wayne takes a bit of beating) the objective was to make him sound more “American”.The [...]

After three years as a junior doctor I had to leave for health reasons she told the conference in Harrogate North Yorkshire

After three years as a junior doctor I had to leave for health reasons,” she told the conference in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.A proposal that the association should establish a working party to examine the reasons for the exodus of young doctors was referred to the BMA council. A quarter of junior doctors have become so [...]

It can confidently be predicted that this will provoke a chorus of radical disapproval and within

It can confidently be predicted that this will provoke a chorus of radical disapproval and within a few days the government will give an indication to the contrary.. The Chechen separatist leader, Dzhokhar Dudayev, was quoted yesterday as saying he would be willing to sacrifice his political career and step down if in return Moscow [...]

A few seconds later another piece moved on the screen propelled by a signal from New York or Canada or somewhere

A few seconds later, another piece moved on the screen, propelled by a signal from New York, or Canada, or somewhere else in the ether.The only hiccup came when Lalic, who had been trying to win a position with an extra pawn, finally gave up and offered her opponent a draw “The draw offer is [...]

Publicly coalition sources were defining their mood as concern rather than dismay

Publicly, coalition sources were defining their mood as concern rather than dismay. But the terms of Mr Bruton’s response left little doubt that he was seething.Yesterday, he first sent sympathy to the family of Clegg’s victim, Karen Reilly, then reiterated his call for equality before the law and in executive action. Yet no signal was [...]

The chief constable’s ability to discharge his duty to provide an effective police service for the area was under threat he

The chief constable’s ability to discharge his duty “to provide an effective police service” for the area was under threat, he said.The hearing continues today.. A former Maxwell group auditor denied yesterday that there had been any “window dressing” in the way accounts were presented for the Mirror flotation in April 1991. He said the [...]

They oppose any compromise with Catholicism

They oppose any compromise with Catholicism.Father Paul, aged 30 and with a degree from Avignon University, France, is an example of the mix of modern and medieval. Most monks at that time were peasants, attracted in part by the security of monasticism.The monks who came to Athos in the Seventies and Eighties were better educated [...]

According to The People’s survey Premiership clubs could easily splash out another pounds 120m

According to The People’s survey, Premiership clubs could easily splash out another pounds 120m before the summer is out. A large slice of that cash could be spent on the pounds 7m-rated Matthew Le Tissier. The madly spinning transfer merry-go-round shows very little sign of slowing down. Before I could be officially introduced he said: [...]

Chambers Encyclopaedic Dictionary prizes to the three we like best

Chambers Encyclopaedic Dictionary prizes to the three we like best.. From Mrs Janet Todd
Sir: May I congratulate you on your leading article (28 June), in which you point out that John Redwood’s figures do not add up. Meanwhile, Shell Oil wants ideas for things to do with the Brent Spar oil platform. Ultimate [...]

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