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1 On June 28 Liu Zhangyi replaced He Kang as Minister of Agriculture .
2 Liu Zhangyi replaced He Kang as Agriculture Minister in June 1990 [ see p. 37532 ] .
3 Mr Justice Drake instructed them to try for a majority 10-2 .
4 Kenneth Branagh hired him to direct his Coriolanus at Chichester this summer after seeing his Billy Budd in Sheffield .
5 In an interview last week on the French radio station France Inter 's RadioCom program , Alcatel Alsthom NV president Pierre Suard indicated he did not rule out taking a stake in France Telecom if the latter is privatised by the next administration : ‘ I do n't think the question has been posed today , but when it is , I can tell you that we will study it very seriously , ’ Suard said — ‘ It is essential that France Telecom has a structure that enables it to extend itself beyond France and I think that can come from a new shareholder ; there is industrial logic in the ‘ world 's number one manufacturer of telecommunications equipment ’ owning a stake in a telecommunications operator , ’ he added — ‘ It is the Anglo-Saxon logic ; AT&T is constructed on that basis , but up to now , it has not been European logic , ’ he said .
6 Cardinal Wolsey thought I knew his name . ’
7 Lord Justice McCowan said he found it quite impossible to hold that Mr Hurd 's political judgment — that the appearance of terrorists on programmes increased their standing and lent them political legitimacy — was one that no reasonable home secretary could make .
8 Lord Justice Watkins said he agreed with reluctance .
9 An SAR helicopter of the Army Air Corps and an RAF Nimrod began a search , and at 0015 on Friday 9 March William Luckin slipped her mooring with Second Coxswain/Mechanic John O'Donnell in command .
10 The latter choice would have required two ‘ A ’ levels and his involvement with the Birchfield club prevented his joining the armed forces .
11 William Hill said it refuses to accept wagers on the state of royal marriages and has often turned down bets on a Charles and Diana split .
12 ‘ But General Schellenberg gave us express instructions to …
13 Prosecutor Edwin Beltrami said she had been arrested after failing to appear before Thames magistrates , London , in May .
14 DUP leader Rev Ian Paisley said he had submitted a bid to Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd to debate on Thursday the upsurge in terrorist activity .
15 A month in the Muelle Deportiva at Las Palmas might seem excessive , but Eevin 's crew , brothers Trevor and Gary Marshall , David McKnight , Jude Docherty and Gary Hill busied themselves cultivating Eevin 's barnacles and partying .
16 In his judgement Mr Justice Latham said he had every sympathy with the couple .
17 In his judgement Mr Justice Latham said he had every sympathy with the couple .
18 Miss Armstrong said she hoped the College would forge greater links with Durham University under Labour 's plans to introduce a degree course for nursery nurses .
19 Previously , they had been presented in the basic , unaffected prose of fanzines but knew they had officially arrived in the real world of music journalism when Neil Taylor asked them to pose outside Buckingham Palace .
20 Sarah complained that she was ‘ bored ’ and so Miss Rudge told her to pack her bags and leave for a term .
21 Miss Warburton said she had not told him how she felt , but once he had asked her if she loved him .
22 Miss Warburton said she had never had a sexual relationship with Green .
23 Mrs. Favor pretended she did n't hear him .
24 However , the Dulwich experience taught him to toughen up .
25 Villa had always been in command , but a combination of poor finishing and fine goalkeeping by David Seaman prevented them taking full advantage .
26 In announcing the large fines for conspiracy to steal , Judge Brooks said he had listened to the account given to the court of the information given to the police by both defendants about how they had committed the fraud and had put some of the proceeds in foreign bank accounts .
27 Miss Stonehouse said she feared the worst when she saw her son flung from his pushchair after it was in collision with a car .
28 When the Under-Secretary met the TEC chairman did he apologise for the 97 per cent .
29 An investigation is under way into what went wrong and the trouble did n't stop there , because back on the pitch Tredworth , full-back , Andy Hill got himself sent for allegedly throwing a punch .
30 Yesterday Bushwing managing director David Walker confirmed they had withdrawn the business park part of the plan .
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