Few who have worked for The Economist can match the 28 years that Peter David gave so outstandingly to that magazine – and fewer still could match the range of his interests or the breadth of what he wrote about.
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Newt Gingrich pulls plug on 'wild ride' White House bid
Thursday 03 May 2012
Newt Gingrich ended his run for US president yesterday after dazzling in televised debates but slumping to defeat in dozens of Republican primaries under attack from rivals who portrayed him as the consummate Washington insider.
Space shuttle hitches a lift for final voyage
Wednesday 18 April 2012
The space shuttle Discovery made a final voyage around the Washington Monument and the White House yesterday, before landing for the last time.
Craters 'could give Mars life clue'
Monday 16 April 2012
Craters from asteroid impacts may be one of the best places to look for life on Mars, a study suggests.
Man accused of breaking into Sean 'Diddy' Combs' mansion
Friday 13 April 2012
A man has been accused of breaking into Sean "Diddy" Combs' mansion, where he apparently ate food, drank alcohol and wore the rap mogul's clothes.
US Navy fighter crashes into beach apartment building
Saturday 07 April 2012
Emergency workers were searching for the occupants of six homes last night after a US Navy jet crashed into a group of apartment buildings.
American right in last-minute bid to derail a Romney win
Saturday 07 April 2012
Newt Gingrich may be asked to quit and give Rick Santorum free run against centrist favourite
12 hurt as tornadoes wreck homes in Texas
Wednesday 04 April 2012
Tornadoes hit Texas yesterday, destroying a wing of a nursing home, peeling roofs from dozens of homes and sending lorry trailers into the air.
Campus mourns the cost of teased former student's lethal resentment
Wednesday 04 April 2012
The former student of a small, Christian university who shot dead seven people at the campus on Monday was angry because his classmates used to tease him about his bad English, police said last night.
Rupert Cornwell: The murderous demon of race still stalks this land
Sunday 25 March 2012
Out of America: The killing of Trayvon Martin has again ruthlessly exposed the faultlines that underlie Obama-era America
Rupert Cornwell: Big money takes aim at the heart of Washington
Sunday 18 March 2012
Out of America: Party political bankrollers are mounting a takeover of think tanks. If they succeed, US politics will become more partisan than ever
George Clooney released after arrest at Sudan protest in Washington
Friday 16 March 2012
Hollywood star George Clooney and his father were released tonight following their arrest at a demonstration in Washington.
The midlife crisis that followed the Lord of the Flies
Tuesday 13 March 2012
The object of William Golding's five-year obsession in the swinging Sixties breaks her silence. By John McEntee
A midlife crisis that followed Lord of the Flies
Tuesday 13 March 2012
The object of William Golding's obsession breaks her silence
A contest now getting ever more farcical
Sunday 04 March 2012
Ten states are at stake this week in a Republican primary process that is as clear as Mississippi mud
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