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At about the same time, Thatcher's press secretary Bernard Ingham briefed journalists that Heseltine had "lit the blue touch paper then retired", although he denied having demanded that Heseltine "put up [a] or shut up"; Heseltine was also taunted along similar lines by the pro-Conservative press, including the Daily Mail and The Times ...
Touchpaper or touch-paper is a slow-burning paper fuse treated with solution of potassium nitrate (or "saltpetre") used for lighting flammable or explosive devices such as fireworks. Touchpaper may also refer to: Touchpaper Television, part of RDF Media Group and producer of UK programmes such as Single-Handed and Sold, Julian Fellowes ...
Electronic paper or intelligent paper, is a display device that reflects ambient light, mimicking the appearance of ordinary ink on paper [1] – unlike conventional flat-panel displays which need additional energy to emit their own light. This may make them more comfortable to read, and provide a wider viewing angle than most light-emitting ...
The Grand Design. The Grand Design is a popular-science book written by physicists Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow and published by Bantam Books in 2010. The book examines the history of scientific knowledge about the universe and explains eleven-dimensional M-theory. The authors of the book point out that a Unified Field Theory (a theory ...
It is set in the office of a Conservative magazine called "The Blue Touch Paper" owned by South African media mogul Lord Malan (Robert Hardy).To revive its failing sales, Malan hires a new editor Keith (Tony Gardner), who was previously the "token Tory" at the left-wing Guardian (and is thus nicknamed "Toynbee", after Polly Toynbee from the Guardian, by Malan).
Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier (niece) Charles Perrault (/ pɛˈroʊ / peh-ROH, US also / pəˈroʊ / pə-ROH, French: [ʃaʁl pɛʁo]; 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published ...
The Stylus. The Stylus, originally intended to be named The Penn, was a would-be periodical owned and edited by Edgar Allan Poe. It had long been a dream of Poe to establish an American journal with very high standards in order to elevate the literature of the time.
John F. Bookout III. Between 2008 and 2012 he made. $356,085. as a director, more than 21% of all directors. Paid CEOs an average of. $9,898,178. in the last year of his directorship, more than 27% of all directors. Decreased CEO pay by an average of. $3,403,357.