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In the recent private meetings, some analysts urged Navratil to turn over the top managers he’d leapfrogged to take the top job.
He said those comments had been part of a "private conversation" that took place during an Israeli offensive in Gaza and had been taken out of context.
From BBC
"In the evening, he would like to offer hospitality on board Britannia, which would then sail late in the evening for a private weekend in Kerry and Cork, having disembarked the guests," she said.
From BBC
India's rapid growth, despite high tariffs, weak private spending, and stagnant manufacturing, has been driven largely by the Modi government's focus on state-funded infrastructure upgrades.
From BBC
Fusion research merits sustained government and private investment, because practical fusion energy would transform the world and because the research produces technologies of immediate value.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.