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• SPECTATOR'S NOTES, THE

  - 2006-01-14

  This column's theory that, postdevolution, it is harder for Scottish MPs to lead a British political party seems to be taking some time to come true. Sir Menzies Campbell is considered just the ticket. He looks dignified and trustworthy. Rather as Colin Powell said that he benefited because...

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• Scoffing at a Tory

  - 2006-01-08

  EV his few short weeks as Tory weader, David Cameron has done much to convince people he'd be a half-decent PM. However last week may have changed all that when he suddenly let rip at the Chocolate Orange. Yes, according to Mr Cameron, Terry's Chocolate Orange is...

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• Scoffing at a Tory

  - 2006-01-08

  IN his few short weeks as Tory weader, David Cameron has done much to convince people he'd be a half-decent PM. However last week may have changed all that when he suddenly let rip at the Chocolate Orange. Yes, according to Mr Cameron, Terry's Chocolate Orange is...

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• Feel 'to the manor born' at Bovey Castle.(Going Places)(Business)

  - 2005-07-31

  Byline: Jane Lasky Business Travel Report If I were to magically become today's Jay Gatsby, I would immediately relocate to Bovey Castle. I recently stayed at this majestic palace-turned-hotel for three days. I fell in love with every nook and cranny of...

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• Company Spotlight: #37 Hudson News Co.(The Private 200)(sales and revenues)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-11-29

  Byline: TOM FREDRICKSON A familiar name to travelers who like to grab a magazine, a paperback or a pack of gum before boarding an airplane or a train, Hudson News has managed to grow through rough times. Most of the North Bergen,...

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• December theatre almanac.(Calendar)

  - 2003-12-01

  100 YEARS AGO (1903) In the worst theatre fire in American history, 600 people perish at Chicago's Iroquois Theatre when the stage curtain goes up in flames during a performance of Mr. Bluebeard. Half of the victims are children. Following the disaster,...

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• Obituary: Dan Grisewood

  - 2003-07-18

  DAN GRISEWOOD and I became friends in the 1980s, when I was a buying manager at W.H. Smith, writes Ross Beadle [further to the obituary by Angela Sheehan, 4 July]. In the job I was on the receiving end of Dan's massive enthusiasm for whatever concept he was selling into...

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• Birthdays

  - 2003-06-09

  Professor Geraint Gruffydd, Welsh scholar, 75; Mr Jeremy Hardie, former chairman, W.H. Smith, 65; Mr Douglas Henderson MP, 54; Professor Eric Hobsbawm, historian, 86; Sir Roger Hurn, chairman, Prudential, 65; Lord Islwyn, former MP, 78; Mr Peter Kilfoyle MP, 57; Sir Nicholas Lloyd, former Editor, Daily Express, 61; Mr Robert...

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• Pressac settles Smith lawsuit out of court.(News)(Pressac Holdings PLC v. W.H. Smith (Scotland) Ltd.)

  - 2002-11-04

  Byline: Richard Higgs One of the dark clouds hanging over telecommunications and automotive components producer Pressac plc has lifted with the eleventh-hour, out-of-court settlement of a long-running dispute over its purchase of injection molder W.H. Smith Scotland Ltd. Two years ago...

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• Company celebrates 80 years in industry. (Contractor News).(R.N. Smith Sheet Metal Shop Inc. )(Brief Article)

  - 2002-11-01

  LANCASTER, Ohio -- The central Ohio chapter of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America recently noted the 80th anniversary of member company R.N. Smith Sheet Metal Shop Inc. The company began in 1922 as W.H. Smith Sheet Metal Shop at the same Madison Avenue...

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