Tea with June, spotted Patricia at Woollahra, swam at Mrs M Chair, watered garden - a summer day filled with reading And crosswords ...
At my age, I’m often asked if I’m frightened of death and my reply is always,
I can’t remember being frightened of birth.
At my age, I’m often asked if I’m frightened of death and my reply is always,
I can’t remember being frightened of birth.
By Peter Ustinov
The famous salmon-coloured newspaper, something of a house magazine for the British establishment and financial elite, praised the billionaire currency speculator and convicted insider trader as “the standard bearer of liberal democracy and open society”.
What affected Mr Soros even more was an earlier event when he was asked by a Jewish Council to deliver deportation notices to lawyers. “One lawyer told me he was always a law-abiding citizen . . . and therefore nothing can happen to him if he obeys the order,” he says. “That made a tremendous impression on me. I realised that there can be unjust laws that you obey at your peril.”
FT Person of the Year: George Soros FTThe famous salmon-coloured newspaper, something of a house magazine for the British establishment and financial elite, praised the billionaire currency speculator and convicted insider trader as “the standard bearer of liberal democracy and open society”.
What affected Mr Soros even more was an earlier event when he was asked by a Jewish Council to deliver deportation notices to lawyers. “One lawyer told me he was always a law-abiding citizen . . . and therefore nothing can happen to him if he obeys the order,” he says. “That made a tremendous impression on me. I realised that there can be unjust laws that you obey at your peril.”
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Known as “the man who broke the Bank of England,” George Soros (born Gyorgy Schwartz) is a Hungarian- born American citizen, investor, author, political donor, and philanthropist ...
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It was a tremendous boost to reinforce my belief that we are doing something right,” says Mr Soros. “We haven’t stopped having a beneficial influence.”
Influence has come at a painfully high cost for the 88-year-old father of the hedge fund industry and one of the world’s most prominent philanthropists. From his native Hungary to his adopted America, the forces of nationalism and populism are battering the liberal democratic order he has tirelessly supported. The man once described as the only individual with a foreign policy must contend with the rise of strongmen across the globe — and a vicious backlash designed to delegitimise him.
The Financial Times’s choice of Person of the Year is usually a reflection of their achievements. In the case of Mr Soros this year, his selection is also about the values he represents.
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George Soros was its "Person of the Year," Twitter ignited with partisan congratulation and animosity.
George Soros was its "Person of the Year," Twitter ignited with partisan congratulation and animosity.
Flashback, 1968: The breathalyser is introduced in New South Wales
50 years ago, legislation was passed by both Houses of the NSW Parliament making it compulsory for motorists suspected by police of being under the influence of alcohol to undergo a breath test. The newly-formed police breathalyser squads went to work, and in one 8 hour period 41 out of 46 drivers tested were over the legal limit.
BBC Radio 4 - George Soros and His Enemies
Allan Little examines George Soros's global mission and why some people react against it.
