currie
Americannoun
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Set within 50 acres, Horsley Towers was designed in 1820 for the banker William Currie by acclaimed architect Sir Charles Barry, who created the Houses of Parliament.
From BBC
Following Currie's death in 1829, it was bought by William King-Noel, the 1st Earl of Lovelace, who married the then Ada Byron six years later.
From BBC
Vintage Murray moments from the show included a confrontation with Mrs Thatcher about her childcare policies, a flirtatious interview with actor Jack Nicholson, challenging Edwina Currie about her affair with John Major, and asking Hillary Clinton how she could forgive her husband Bill's infidelity.
From BBC
Interviewed on Bloomberg television Wednesday, Currie, chief strategy officer of Energy Pathways at The Carlyle Group, emphasized that he saw “substantial upside to oil prices” and a major dislocation between the financial and physical markets for oil.
From MarketWatch
Currie referred to “molecular contagion” whereby the ripple effect of the closure of the Strait Of Hormuz is spreading out around the world.
From MarketWatch
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