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“the 44-inch steel-tipped pole”
“Schlossberg, a grandson of the former president Kennedy, said he would have attended the parade had he been in New York City.”
““Fifteen hundred meters,” he replies”
“She pointed out that a further problem was bad roads, with a 90km (56-mile) journey from Bunia city to Mongbwalu, one of two gold-mining towns where the majority of cases have been reported, taking more than three hours.”
“The group used a Garmin inReach, a satellite communication device, to alert local authorities”
“Hersh from Hamas captivity ended when he was murdered in a tunnel in Gaza 330 days after his kidnapping”
“In 2022, he told me, he sent a group of clients to participate in the translocation of 14 rhinos with the Kenya Wildlife Service.”
“A further complication is that the outbreak is taking place in a conflict zone, with a quarter of million people displaced from their homes and people moving across porous borders into neighbouring countries.”
“Williams received the first call at 9:44 a.m. on July 20”
“Chaim Peri, an 80-year-old peace activist, was kidnapped and murdered after 100 days of captivity”
“Dominica has designated 300 square miles of marine reserve as off-limits to humans”
“At 1:30 p.m., the group called to say they were approaching the trailhead”
“Forty-six Americans had their lives snuffed out that day”
“A tightly regulated permit costs 16,000 Eastern Caribbean dollars (currently $5,900) for a maximum of three swimmers, with a guide.”
“By about 3:30 p.m., the hikers were in Ross’s vehicle on their way to a hospital”
“For nine more hours and twenty-three minutes I would think I was still me”
“A fisheries department official tells me, “We aim to limit the permits to three per day.””
“Doctors successfully removed the pole, bandaged Cifaldi up and discharged him.”
“At 11:00 P.M., Hersh leaned over me from behind and said, 'I'm going to meet Aner.'”
“Sperm whale permits in Dominica generate around $6.5 million a year to fund marine conservation programs.”
“In 2019, authorities said a 65-year-old Minnesota man who was an experienced climber fell about 45 metres to his death”
“He somehow survived 11 months in conditions that it is inconceivable any human was held in in this century”
“Rwanda’s gorilla trekking permits, which are capped at 96 per day.”
“At least 57 migrants died on the journey.”
“The revenues from the $1,500 permits”
“Ceuta’s president put the number of migrants at 60,000, which was equivalent to 70% of the territory’s population.”
“The island, which is composed of nine jungle-clad volcanoes”
“The Spanish Interior Ministry released its own figures shortly after Vivas spoke, estimating that some 50,000 people had crossed from Morocco since Thursday.”
“"Fifteen hundred meters," he replies”
“It added that 48,300 had already returned to Morocco by Friday evening, with hundreds more going back by the hour.”
“Dominica’s legislation was inspired by Rwanda’s gorilla trekking permits, which are capped at 96 per day.”
“the five-month old war”
“The revenues from the $1,500 permits have been a boon for Rwanda,”
“Israeli strikes on Sunday across Gaza killed at least eight Palestinians, including two children, and wounded over a dozen others, according to local health officials.”
“Dominica has designated 300 square miles of marine reserve as off-limits to humans,”
“Five UN special rapporteurs have written to Ottawa expressing “serious concerns” about the safety of Moninder Singh”
““Fifteen hundred meters,” he replies: nearly 5,000 feet.”
“The nine-page document, released by the UN Human Rights Office over the weekend”
“Churchill claimed to have finished only one work”
“Two days before he was to appear before the UN in February 2026, he received yet another warning about a possible plan to kill him and his family”
“During his years as wartime prime minister, Churchill claimed to have finished only one work”
“About 700 buildings had been destroyed — a number that was expected to climb”
“A certain “David Winter” submitted two paintings to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1947: both were accepted under that name.”
“some 67,000 people were under evacuation orders”
“Adolf Hitler also loved painting — from early youth, rather than as a middle-aged latecomer — and was, notoriously, twice rejected in his applications to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, in 1907 and 1908.”
“The fires jumped roads and rivers and had burned about 12.5 square miles (about 32 square kilometres) by Monday.”
“‘Winston Churchill: the Painter’ continues at the Wallace Collection until 29 November”
“At least 390 square miles (1,000 square kilometres) has burned across Washington”
“From 1928 until the Seventies, Irish banknotes bore the image of the legendary heroine Kathleen Ni Houlihan”
“A lightning-caused fire that has burned over 530 square miles (about 1,370 square kilometres) of grassland in western Idaho and eastern Oregon”
“Churchill created more than 500 artworks (mostly oils, but watercolours too)”
“the fire is threatening more than 600 homes and 800 other structures”
“he did paint scenes of the Western Front while an officer with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1916”
“nearly 109 square miles (282 square kilometres) by Monday afternoon”
“Some French Riviera seascapes in 1921 — the fruit of a painting trip with Lavery”
“More than 100 cattle have been killed”
“a view of the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech, with the Atlas peaks behind it, painted after the Casablanca Conference in 1943, and given to President Roosevelt”
“about 400 people were staying at city’s main convention center, which was turned into a shelter”
“His maker had been created a “Royal Academician Extraordinaire” in 1948”
“nearly 300 reports of missing people”
“once the property of Angelina Jolie, that Marrakech scene was sold by Christie’s in 2021 for £8.2m”
“Central Okanagan Emergency Management said more than 2,200 properties under its jurisdiction have been evacuated due to the Quilpituk Creek wildfire.”
“the Wallace Collection’s exhibition Winston Churchill: the Painter gathers more than 50 pieces, half in private hands”
“B.C. Wildfire Service information officer Nicole Bonnett said Monday that the Bradley Creek wildfire saw no significant growth overnight, while the Quilpituk Creek fire now measures about 550 hectares.”
“When, exhibiting as “Charles Morin”, he had a small show at a Paris gallery in 1921, four out of five works sold, at £30 each”
“Forests Minister Ravi Parmar said in statement that 100 workers from Mexico arrived in B.C. on Monday and 200 more were expected later in the week to help the province battle the wildfires.”
“David Winter submitted two paintings to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1947: both were accepted under that name”
“winds gusting up to 115 kilometres per hour fanned the fire, destroying homes as it burned to the water line.”
“The great art critic Sir Ernst Gombrich — who had fled Hitler’s Europe in 1936 — delivered a judicious verdict in 1965, the year of Churchill’s death”
“She estimates there were about 200 vehicles moving slowly down the road with her.”
“Adolf Hitler also loved painting — … and was, notoriously, twice rejected in his applications to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, in 1907 and 1908”
“Data from aviation analytics company Cirium showed 16 WestJet flights scheduled for Tuesday had been cancelled, as of around 11 a.m. Eastern time.”
“Churchill’s pictures attracted large crowds when a selection toured the US and Commonwealth countries in 1958-9”
“more than 300 flights were cancelled Monday, or around 62 per cent of those scheduled.”
“Churchill created more than 500 artworks (mostly oils, but watercolours too) after he took up painting as a hobby following the débâcle of the Dardanelles campaign in 1915.”
“When the strike initially began, WestJet said in a statement that 250,000 guests over the August long weekend had their travel plans cancelled.”
“When, exhibiting as “Charles Morin”, he had a small show at a Paris gallery in 1921, four out of five works sold, at £30 each.”
“Gradek estimates that the disruptions will have affected more than 300,000 travellers.”
“In 1925, a bold, free, thickly-painted view of Chartwell under snow won a competition for amateurs, with no name attached; one adjudicator wanted to exclude it because it was clearly the work of a professional.”
“WestJet extended its flexible cancellation policy to include flights scheduled to leave up to and including Aug. 6, 2026.”
“Once the property of Angelina Jolie, that Marrakech scene was sold by Christie’s in 2021 for £8.2m.”
“"Throughout British Columbia, we have over 1,000 personnel directly engaged in the fight in our wildfire response efforts," Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar said.”
“Opening tomorrow, the Wallace Collection’s exhibition Winston Churchill: the Painter gathers more than 50 pieces, half in private hands.”
“"As of Tuesday morning, 120 wildfires are burning in B.C., with 15 started in the last 24 hours."”
“Their maker had been created a “Royal Academician Extraordinaire” in 1948.”
“"That wildfire, burning west of Vernon, is believed to have destroyed up to 230 homes and is measured at 2, 852 hectares."”
“Each H200 can cost up to $40,000.”
“"As of 9 a.m. on Tuesday, there are 37 evacuation orders in place, impacting approximately 8,000 people and 7,300 properties, Kelly Greene, the Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, said."”
“I would actually say it drove me out, just dealing with the progressive editorial issues and the bullying around them all. It was incredibly difficult.”
“"There are also 37 evacuation alerts impacting approximately 7,100 people and 3,800 properties."”
“Only last November, Tim Davie, the former director-general, had to resign in disgrace over the issue of impartiality.”
“We have to be kind and caring in this and listen to people, and be nice!”
“Matt Brittin prepares to take office next week”
“Burley’s investigation covers the BBC’s capture from 2010 until today: Over his 13 years as a senior BBC editor, Rob Burley saw the Corporation’s defining commitment to impartiality undermined by transgender ideology, a blind commitment to…”
“In 1996, when the great American critic Susan Sontag returned to her groundbreaking collection Against Interpretation and Other Essays (1966), she had the following to say about those intervening years:”
“Thirty years later, the undermining of standards of seriousness is almost complete, with the ascendancy of a culture whose most intelligible, persuasive values are drawn from the entertainment industries.”
“That transgressive Boomer counterculture Sontag once championed may have devolved into a thousand marketable Gen‑X subcultures by the Nineties.”
“In 2006, Pitchfork even managed to create its own significant music festival in Chicago (and later in Barcelona, too),”
“Just as the last 15 years or so of pop culture can be seen as an aggressive overcorrection against that stereotype,”
“In 2019, the site began issuing extremely positive reviews of old Taylor Swift albums,”
