WAYNE GARDNER, who in his dirt-track days was known as 'the wild boy from Wollongong', has a habit of milking an occasion for all it is worth. The 200 or so consultants at Guy's have been told that between 50 and 75 of them may no longer have jobs, under the recommendation to merge Guy's and St Thomas's. 'He wanted to discuss it with me, but I said: 'No you watch the video and then you read the report that I will send in.''Us managers have a problem with referees now because their mistakes affect our livelihood and that of the players. Mr Chernomyrdin, however, inherited virtually the entire team of young reformers who had been working with Mr Gaidar and, in addition, he found himself dealing with Mr Fyodorov, a liberal just back from working at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London.There have been some enormous rows as the young ministers have tried to keep the new Prime Minister on the track of reform. Gradually, however, over a short time, the mind begins to handle them in a more tangible way, detail is fleshed out and the possible actions and implications can be imagined.A vital element in making scenarios more than a simple planning technique is to involve as many managers, especially top managers, as possible. Dr Khariton was there to watch, along with Beria and Igor Kurchatov, the legendary Russian scientist who, as head of Laboratory 2 (later called the Laboratory for Measuring Instruments and today the Kurchatov Institute) had run the administrative side of the bomb project since 1943.'When the bomb went off, Beria kissed Kurchatov and me on the forehead.

Thus it was that natural hitters like Peter Hartley and Darren Gough were reduced to ciphers while common sense suggested that the target had to be to make Middlesex bat again and reduce the remaining overs by three.Looking ahead, Yorkshire have had to move swiftly to play Michael Vaughan in Thursday's match at Old Trafford. ARMED Serbian police set up road-blocks in Belgrade at dawn yesterday and searched cars for weapons in a lightning clampdown on the once-pampered groups of nationalist paramilitaries. Many computer enthusiasts assemble their own PCs at home, using parts from different suppliers. 'The grass was just beginning to grow - the conditions for a market economy have begun to be created, which is not just dependent on the government.

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She said they had kept 'a very close eye' on a Serbian village of 40 to 45 people within the Muslim enclave, and had found 'absolutely no evidence of discrimination' against them by Bosnian forces.In Gorazde itself, UNHCR staff have been busy distributing the food parcels and flour - the first humanitarian aid to reach the town since 22 March - and seeking candidates for the medical evacuation to Sarajevo, which began last Sunday and is likely to continue for several days. But now, with some pounds 1,500bn amassed in share and bond funds, and portfolio liquidation as easy as dialling an 800 number, will the individual investor be so easily ignored?In the past, their sluggishness acted as a buffer against the effects of more nimble professional trading. Tip and run did put in an appearance, however, in the shape of Paul Terry and Tony Middleton, who ensured Hampshire had a comfortable four overs in hand when achieving their second win in three matches.Terry was the dominant force, his three sixes and half a dozen fours taking him to 91 Middleton was just as faultless. The quilt says it more simply than words.Helen Storey, Quilt for an unknown childFrom somewhere deep inside an unfairness unjustifiable rages. He agrees that markets tend to weaken after May but says this has to be set against the overall trend - in a bull market it may rise less.