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| 1 | Commenting on more ghastly figures ( see opposite ) Philips Electronics NV chairman Jan Timmer said the Dutch multinational 's performance in 1992 's fourth quarter , which is normally the strongest of the year as people buy electronic toys for Christmas , was very disappointing , and that no let-up in price erosion had so far been seen for 1993 . |
| 2 | Group chairman Kneale Ashwell said the deepening world recession had left them with no option but to cut jobs . |
| 3 | Club president Jim Carnegie said the new floodlit pitch , which replaces a heavily-worn dry play area , represented the culmination of two years ' planning and fund-raising . |
| 4 | Old Bailey Judge Neil Denison said the 38-year-old salesman would remain dangerous after his release . |
| 5 | Birmingham newsagent Daniel Clarke said the main problem was not the absence of a death penalty but the sinister influence of drugs on young people who committed crimes when ‘ out of their minds ’ . |
| 6 | Fashion consultant Satpal Jandu said the new style showed a ‘ no-holds-barred ’ approach to fashion by Joe Bloggs — incredibly sexy clothes with a slight hint of sexual deviance and whip-lashing bondage . |
| 7 | Pathologist Dr Christopher Foster said the 45year-old woman died as the result of a stroke . |
| 8 | Deputy editor Matthew Symonds said the only way the move could be economic was if one of The Times 's rivals was forced out of business . |
| 9 | In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph at the end of his second year as Archbishop , Dr George Carey said the next 12 months would be difficult for the Church as it focused on the ordination of women to the priesthood . |
| 10 | Cattle specialist Chris Elliott said the overall winner had increased his margin over purchased feeds by more than £200 and the margin over concentrate per litre by 2p . |
| 11 | West Yorkshire police said the 26-year-old guard was on duty at the depot in Jacob 's Well Lane early yesterday when he was confronted by the armed man . |
| 12 | Mr Justice Saville said the Commercial Court was a part of the Queen 's Bench and he would not exclude observers unless he was given a good reason to do so . |
| 13 | Mr Justice Hutchison said the 1936 Act primarily envisages a system where the local authority has a power and a duty to try to secure that premises are not in a state which constitutes a statutory nuisance . |
| 14 | Borough engineer Jim Gordon said the practical problems of installing monitoring equipment could be solved . |
| 15 | Opposition leader Neil Kinnock said the Prime Minister 's past predictions of recovery had been ‘ absurdly wrong ’ . |
| 16 | OUP distribution director Neil Killip said the new VAT regime had complicated an already difficult situation . |
| 17 | Appeal judge Sir Stephen Brown said the High Court had had no power to make a residence order and blamed Nottinghamshire for an ‘ unhappy catalogue of errors ’ . |
| 18 | Mr de Klerk said the National Party government decided in 1974 to develop a nuclear capability when Soviet expansionism under the late President Leonid Brezhnev was a growing threat in southern Africa . |
| 19 | Mr De Haan said the original reason for going public was his father 's concern that as a private company , with no market in its shares , the family might one day be faced with the prospect of having to sell the entire business to meet death duties . |
| 20 | Council leader Mike Carr said the annual budget , to be presented to members today , was a Government budget because £1.4m in spending cuts had been imposed by environment secretary Michael Howard . |
| 21 | Appeals director Charles Holden said the planned pit closures will reduce the charity 's income by £175,000 through lost donations from miners . |
| 22 | Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine said the Prime Minister was not on probation . |
| 23 | But Conservative leader Tony Richmond said the latest approach from embassy staff in London was ‘ a golden opportunity ’ to improve trade links with a foreign power . |
| 24 | Speaking at the funeral of 17-year-old Damien Fegan , Fr Martin Kelly said the dead youth 's mother had a message for young people involved in the craze . |
| 25 | EC Commissioner Henning Christophersen said the five-year loan was highly exceptional , ‘ but then we 're in a highly exceptional situation ’ . |
| 26 | EC Commissioner Henning Christophersen said the five-year loan was highly exceptional , ‘ but then we 're in a highly exceptional situation ’ . |
| 27 | Organiser Andrew Gemmell said the rare breeds were growing in popularity , with more farmers taking them on , not just as a hobby but as livestock to help out on farms . |
| 28 | Marketing manager Mitch Hatfield said the 1970–71 season shirt had been produced after careful research . |
| 29 | Further north , customers flocked to the Arndale Centre in Manchester where manager David Jones said the 200 shops were ‘ heaving ’ . |
| 30 | HISTORIC war department buildings in Essex are being restored to their former glory.Jobless volunteers have started clearing overgrowth from around the wartime buildings at Beacon Hill , Harwich , paving the way for full restoration work in the future.The work is being organised by NACRO , the National Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders , on behalf of the Essex Training and Enterprise Council.Project supervisor Ray Rawlinson said the 18 people working at Beacon Hill were long-term unemployed and did not have criminal records.The buildings date back to the Napoleonic wars were updated during the first and second world wars . |