Daily Grind Of Still Water

Harding was never a man to be bothered, however, what others thought. “You do it your way, and I’ll do it mine” was his motto.He was also criticised for attracting media attention – something which was still regarded as slightly distasteful in 1950s climbing, a sport clinging to pre-war “gentlemanly” attitudes towards professionalism. Given [...]

Yet those same people, from protesting peasantry to swelling middle classes, are already demanding more accountability and transparency. The poll success of New Labour shows Beijing the benefits of being more representative. This autumn’s congress should invite businessmen to the party, in an important symbolic step formalising current practice.There is plenty more to learn. [...]

During a face-to-face meeting last week Mr Ali told Ms Kirby: “If anything, the opposite is true.”Ms Bahl is now standing for re-election to the Society’s ruling body, after she was forced to resign as vice-president after a bitter clash over allegations that she was a bully. She had been expected to become the [...]

He has known other people who have been kidnapped so he was aware of the risk.”. The Hungarian Prime Minister, Peter Medgyessy, was forced to admit yesterday that he worked for the country’s communist-era intelligence services. The Prime Minister said he planned to sue the newspaper, and has called for the document to be [...]

Her lawyers insist she had prior arrangements with her broker to sell if the share price dropped below a certain level.”The stock price had dropped substantially, to below $60. Since the stock had fallen below $60, I sold my shares, as I had previously agreed to do with my broker,” Ms Stewart said in [...]

It was the day of reckoning for a rash, drunken episode that had seen Singh swear and threaten two policemen during a fracas at Lord’s cricket ground last month.
By the end of the day, Singh, 51, had resigned with a £115,000 pay-off and had been fined £500 for threatening behaviour. The court was given [...]

Government tends to want to dig things up to see if they are growing.”Ms Owers, the former director of the human rights group Justice, said: “We lock up 23,000 more people than if we were any other European country, yet 50 per cent of men are reconvicted in two years and 70 per cent [...]

He turned back, looked up, and it all happened.”Attempts by Oasis to break into the US market appear ill-fated. On previous tours there were walk-outs and their latest tour had a difficult start. Last week, Noel lost his passport and Liam lost his voice before the first show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. On another [...]

You can gaze forever across peaks of a scale not seen in Colorado or Utah towards 20,000ft Denali (Mount McKinley); and you can experience the strange sensation of riding above the salt water of Turnagain Sound. Alaska is a dream, but an accessible one.The only British tour operator serving Alyeska is Inghams (020-8780 8811) [...]

The market is punishing most heavily those firms that produce the biggest earnings disappointments, but companies with the best earnings momentum continue to outperform the rest of the market.The most encouraging news is that, as often happens, the contagion is spreading not just to those stocks that deserve the re-rating but others that arguably [...]