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It never crossed our minds that we had any status at all.’But back in Blighty, a mysterious phone call last Thursday advised Unwin to keep Monday (prize-giving day) free in his diary. ‘First of May’ and ‘Over the Wall’ make a welcome and skilful diversion from the free-verse triplets that dominate most of the book, which can sound a bit samey. The German (and maybe the British) political outlook is less clear. No matter that only a small minority of the 1,500 audience were Howard students.

Although company directors have often grumbled about the plethora of new rules, few have complained publicly until now.’The huge number of non- statutory rules is making it difficult for directors to do the job of looking after the interests of their shareholders and directors,’ said Rudolf Agnew, newly appointed chairman of Lasmo, the oil company fighting a bid from Enterprise Oil.Sir Christopher Hogg, chairman of Courtaulds, Reuters and SmithKline Beecham, believes that it would be a mistake if British companies ever had to comply with regulations that had become as complex and bureaucratic as those of the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States. ‘We don’t believe any human rights committee of faceless people in another part of the world should make decisions for this state without accountability.’The UN decision has put pressure on the federal government, led by Paul Keating, to bring Tasmania into line with the rest of Australia. Needless to say, the sons shone at their own parties but closed their ears to any mention of a sale. Looking around the class it becomes apparent why Holt regards fencing as ‘the thinking person’s sport’ ‘It’s very much like chess,’ he says. Cue for a big scene – except that the play’s doing fine without it.

Even with all this activity, only a minute fraction of the elderflower available has been harvested; and in any case, only a fraction of the berries which ripen in autumn are ever eaten by birds. Rudolf Scharping, Prime Minister of the Rhineland-Palatinate, had already emerged as clear winner in a poll of the membership of the Social Democrats earlier this month, the first time the issue has been put to members in this way.
Yesterday’s vote, at a special party congress in Essen, showed less unanimous support for Mr Scharping, 45, than there had been for his predecessor, Bjorn Engholm. The Cambridge History has been compiled with an eye to posterity, and future historians ought to be impressed by its sobriety. The endgame is approaching now, and requires, on the Government’s part, the closest attention. A switch back to the ‘friendless and undervalued good quality blue chips’ is likely, it believes.NatWest likes Argyll Group (which also collected a buy recommendation from Henderson Crosthwaite), Grand Metropolitan, Guinness, J Sainsbury and SmithKline Beecham.Morgan Crucible, Royal Insurance and Wolseley should be sold, it says.BTR, the conglomerate, was little changed at 610p. Possible targets include Norcros, Ibstock Johnson and Marley.A disposal of its stake to French interests would mark the end of an ill-fated merger that created CMB in 1989.

Occasionally they turn up in the movies: Disney’s White Fang featured Joe’s animals. Canadians sought retribution; eventually President Bush was forced to issue an apology.None the less, word got around Toronto prior to Canada’s first ever World Series game, that fans were seeking revenge and were not going to stand up for the ‘Star Spangled Banner’, would wave upside down American flags, while wearing T-shirts hastily printed with upside down Stars and Stripes. They will detect yet another Liberal revival, a populace turning out en masse for the new style of politics they represent. We went on holiday and there wasn’t much going on, so I got stuck in.Zerbanoo: I taught both my sons to read, and used to read aloud to them before they went to sleep It became a relaxing ritual. The Irish FA would love to see the old trophy played for again – even at the risk of losing it.WIMBLEDON players are reported to have won pounds 4,000 last weekend by backing John Scales at 40-1 to score the first goal in their match against Sunderland. In short, both governments should stop their disastrous quest for peace through appeasement of the IRA.

Trailing 17 per cent in the polls, with the PM’s popularity at an all-time low of 29 per cent, and with up to 27 MPs threatening to rebel against the Government’s plans to reorganise local government .’The PM groaned. Roy Nicolson, managing director of Scottish Amicable, yesterday said he would be ‘most reluctant’ to join the Personal Investment Authority if the proposed regulator’s board had a majority of ‘public interest’ directors ‘That’s not self-regulation,’ he said. Suddenly it appeared that General Babangida’s programme for transition to civilian rule, which cost up to pounds 1bn, had been a success after all.Eleven days after the polls closed, however, General Babangida cancelled the election, tried to hold on to power and was finally forced to hand over to a handpicked civilian administration headed by a businessman, Ernest Shonekan. An articled teachers scheme aiming to train teachers in the classroom has had its support cut from pounds 10m to pounds 5m.Doug McAvoy, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said the Government was spending money on publicity exercises, including pushing 20 million copies of the revised Parents’ Charter through families’ doors, when it should be spending it on training teachers.’There was never enough for the introduction of the national curriculum and its testing and assessment. True there is heavy, hands- on editing; true there is tough competition for space in the paper; true there is a ruthless drive for efficiency.