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He did not drink when he was writing, and he evolved a number of strategies to outwit the demon. CROATIA’S Foreign Minister, Mate Granic, accused Muslim forces yesterday of expelling 120,000 Croats from their homes in central Bosnia and of trapping almost 200,000 others in four vulnerable enclaves. An ‘alarming’ contraction in domestic orders was combined with a forecast of accelerating unemployment in the next three months and no prospect of early recovery.Alhough the Treasury is declining to rule out fresh cuts in interest rates to ease recession, John Major cautioned yesterday that rates would be reduced ‘only when it is safe to do so’.Reporting the steepest nosedive in business confidence since national surveys began in 1985, the BCC said its third-quarter survey disclosed an ‘extremely pessimistic outlook’.It found that confidence in manufacturing sank even lower than among services, suggesting that next week’s Confederation of British Industry quarterly survey, covering manufacturing companies alone, will point to an even steeper plunge in confidence.All the main BCC indicators for sales, orders, employment, investment and confidence fell back sharply during the quarter and all regions now report a further slowdown or negative growth.The survey of 8,242 companies in both service and manufacturing industries was taken between 7 and 25 September – when the pound was forced out of the European exchange rate mechanism – and reflects the uncertainty created by the political and economic turbulence.Ruling out a ‘dash for growth’ and doubting the wisdom of steep cuts in interest rates, the BCC instead urged the Government to maintain capital spending on infrastructure, boost support for export promotion, curb public sector pay awards to well below inflation, and freeze the uniform business rate for 1993 as well as exempting empty properties from the UBR.It also called for fresh efforts to reduce red tape for small business, improved payment terms in the public sector and a new drive for a Gatt accord and a more liberal European air transport regime.Christopher Stewart-Smith, BCC president, said that if the Government’s new policies resulted in key infrastructure projects such as the Jubilee underground line, new roads for the east coast ports and a rail link between Paddington and Liverpool Street stations in London, ‘the effect on confidence would be dramatic’.He added: ‘The focus of attention should be on stimulating the break points in the vicious circle – exports and business confidence. The most visible way of doing that would be for one or more of those responsible to step down.. They want Baghdad’s approval for everything they do.’The charity and many others working with the Kurds believe the best way to help them is to step up aid already going over the border with Turkey, with no reference to conditions set by Saddam Hussein’s government.The Turkish Defence Minister, Nevzat Ayaz, said: ‘As long as it is just humanitarian aid, then I can’t see why we would object We are already allowing things across. President Alberto Fujimori, who was on a provincial tour, was flying back to the capital last night to parade Guzman on national television. But one of his elegiac lines seems to refer poignantly to the late Dr Brookes: Runners whom renown outran.In the opening cricket match on Friday, the Wenlock Olympians lost by 23 runs to the Pengwern All Stars.

On every important comparison, with the exception of foreign policy, he trails behind Mr Clinton – even on such traditional Republican themes as character, trustworthiness and strengthening ‘American values’.When the chips are down, Mr Bush is never a man to write off, least of all in this most volatile of election years. With its decision last month to begin defuelling a nuclear reactor in the absence of international inspectors, and its announcement this week that it will quit the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has moved from prevarication to open defiance. A British journalist killed in the October revolution has been awarded the Order for Personal Valor by the Russian president, Boris Yeltsin. Dancehouse Theatre, Manchester (061-242 2555).Fatzer Material Opens 17 Jan Rare showing of Brecht’s unfinished piece about four deserting soldiers. ‘But since you are supposed to show respect to all living things, it’s a sort of given. The advantage of cutting grass and weeds was that you could stuff some of it in your mouth.

LANCER BOSS, the forklift truck group, was forced into receivership through a combination of pressure from the Germans, the complexity of their bid and the sudden withdrawal of a rival bidder, new evidence shows. Euro Disney requires up to pounds 1bn of new capital to address the massive interest bill it faces on the current debt mountain.Both US Disney and bankers are increasingly turning to the French government for help. ‘It was a heavy way to celebrate Christmas, I can tell you.’And then there is the famous, middle-aged British actor whom Laurel didn’t want to name but was very anxious should be in the film. Their January 1993 pay review date would also be postponed until May..