If all the taxes are paid on a pair of leather trainers, for example, they could end up being more expensive than if bought in Britain.The allowance for bringing back goods from non-EC countries is just pounds 32 - 45 ecus. While there are some good things in Now You Know - in particular Terry's unexpected fight with moral responsibility - the lack of ambition is pervasive.. Many UN officials privately blame the peace envoy Cyrus Vance for drawing up a plan which proved unworkable. After his inauguration, Mr Clinton attended a lunch with the leaders of Congress in the Capitol.

All the same, it's only eating.Ah, but you have to remember how down he was only two years ago. In its most extreme phase it could summarised as Amnesty International-plus-Tomahawks. I MET my first Tory MP the other day. In advocating the rapid expansion of Nato, some Western leaders seem to be assuming that Russia's reformers are doomed. I cannot run away from the people's pain.'I did not come here because the country is flourishing and I want to join in, not because people were calling me a prophet.'For the first time since arriving in Vladivostok from Alaska, Solzhenitsyn was trying to explain why he came back.

Groupe Victoire's premium income last year was Fr15.8bn for life assurance and Fr7.7bn for general insurance compared with Fr13.8bn and Fr7.4bn the year before.The net assets to be acquired are worth Fr9.5bn including Fr1.2bn for the life business.A large part of the life business comes from Abeille Vie's association with a French savings and retirement organisation, Afer. They are paranoid that I want to discredit them in some way over their choice of manager.'Venables' position as England coach is not threatened by the Tottenham controversy, the Football Association said last night. Small is not always beautiful - quality is mixed, and prices are often high because these wines are highly regarded in smart Greek circles. The Serbian leader, to whom the West attaches primary responsibility for the wars in Croatia and Bosnia, does not command the same popularity in Serbia as he did two years ago, but he remains much the most powerful figure in the new Serbian-Montenegrin state that calls itself Yugoslavia.Through his Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), formerly the Communist Party, Mr Milosevic controls the police, the economic bureaucracy and most of the media.

Blanc wants to get a nice family atmosphere in here, but chefs and waiters, they'll always hate each other.'At first, seeing the young chefs like Steve in their short-sleeved aprons, you think, God they're all junkies. But a good number do not get through the rigorous selection and training process, and others who do find the rigid rules of conduct too tough. Field, the packing group offered at 250p, closed at 279p; Policy Portfolio, issued at 130p, ended at 140p. He said that the first stage of a radical DM8bn cost-cutting programme had been completed.A key part of the efficiency drive, spearheaded by Mr Lopez, will see the VW marque slash the number of its suppliers from the current 1,500 to about 100 main, or first-tier, suppliers. Tesco, however, eased 2p to 238p.Among the food manufacturers, Cadbury Schweppes dipped 8p to 493p on its plans to buy Prudential Insurance Company of America's 20.2 per cent shareholding in Dr Pepper/Seven-Up of the US.Analysts said the deal would dilute earnings per share by 2 to 3 per cent in 1994, but would make little impact during the current year.United Biscuits, long tipped as a takeover target for Cadbury, slipped 10p to 381p.Water utilities, favoured of late on yield considerations, were subjected to some light profit taking. I will give no deadly drug to any, though it be asked of me, nor will I counsel such, and especially I will not aid a woman to procure abortion.The reference to a 'deadly drug' is primarily to euthanasia, but it can also be applied to chemical contraceptives: the Pill at least potentially acts as an abortifacient, and the 'morning after' Pill certainly does so.