‘Gorazde will soon join the free cities of the region

‘Gorazde will soon join the free cities of the region.’ Fierce battles raged around the town, the biggest in eastern Bosnia still in Muslim hands. Virgin gives us an inventory of the objects on Smith’s desk; he peeps over Smith’s shoulder and describes his writing methods: ‘He rarely corrected anything he had written. But trading in the cash market was again thin, with futures activity dominating the proceedings.
Even so it was enough to send the FT-SE 100 index crashing 58 points at one time. He told me how his wife, Norah, had died, and I started thinking.I know if a man stays home he’ll die very quickly Louis is not a fellow who is studious. PowerGen, the generator supposed to be supplying the power, was not originally consulted over the proposals, which are being discussed by the Department of Trade and Industry and Offer, the industry watchdog.National Power, the other UK generator, is understood to be worried that the deal might open the floodgates for other large electricity consumers to demand special treatment.One industry source said: ‘If that happens, it is all getting back to the old system when the Central Electricity Generating Board subsidised big users.’It is feared that other customers may end up footing the ICI bill.

Sir: Tim Kelsey (8 July) is not the first to draw a distinction between a ‘computer consultant’ and an ‘expert’. This man of feeling has a self-suspected weakness for the ‘bloody Irish eloquence’ which can descend into blarney. King Sunny Ade and His African Beats Juju Music(Island ILPS 9712)THE first of three excellent albums of light, sparkling Nigerian music: gentle, shuffling rhythms, talking drums and delicate guitar work, plus pedal steel guitar – evidence of the crossover that made Jim Reeves a posthumous superstar in Africa.Mahmoud AhmedEre Mela Mela(Crammed CRAM 047)ETHIOPIAN star fronting a kind of jazz-blues sextet in which organ and saxes riff hypnotically over deep, rolling rhythm figures, while Ahmed’s poignant, soulful vocals follow scales reflecting the proximity of the Arabic diaspora.Ofra HazaYemenite Songs(Globestyle ORB 006)FOR THAT touch of Eastern promise, house remixers invariably turn to the distinctive voice of the Yemenite-Jewish disco diva (most recently heard on the Sisters Of Mercy’s Top 10 hit ‘Temple of Love’). The order, won by the group’s Westland Aerospace division on the Isle of Wight, involves making composite engine casings for 180 of Lockheed’s new C-130J aircraft.
Westland, which won the contract in the face of stiff competition, said the work would help to safeguard jobs.This is the latest in a series of overseas aerospace orders secured by Westland. Although the package will not go far enough to satisfy his most vociferous opponents, it will be seen as a clear attempt to meet criticisms of existing procedures.Lord Mackay said that he would instruct officials to draw up job descriptions for junior judicial posts, setting out the tasks expected of applicants and qualities needed. He would mix contemporary slang with classical allusions and references to foreign authors.

Police pounced on the pairs after Muslim clerics in Nkonni village complained that their ‘illicit’ activities were hampering the effect of collective prayers for rain. In truth the poems are parodies, light and tart, even benevolent. (First Edition)

A remand prisoner who has been on hunger strike in Shrewsbury jail for 38 days was refused bail by a judge at Stafford Crown Court. But that is not their way.Schmeichel’s ability to make his 6ft 4in frame seem even bigger again frustrated Newcastle early in the second half when Pallister made a straightforward clearance look difficult. That really ought to be corny; instead it manages to be touching and unsettling at the same time.Performances and recording play their part in the total effect.