The disappointing figures from the pre-Christmas period meant Britain's total manufacturing production over 2015 was lower than the previous year, according to the closely watched Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply/Markit purchasing managers' index (PMI) survey.
He was working with a relatively prosperous nation and could look for political inspiration to figures from the pre-Communist past, particularly the great democrat Tomáš Masaryk, who was President in the nineteen-twenties and thirties.
The figures were scaled down from the original Kenner action figures from the pre-JP3 toy lines.
He was a member of the Lee family, a political dynasty which included many figures from the pre-American Revolutionary War era until the late 20th century.
That didn't change today, but we can glean some information from Palm's statements: the term "vast majority" doesn't really mean much, but assuming at least 60% of the sell-through figures were from the Pre, that would equate to more than 486,000 units.
Mansour is a notorious figure from the pre-revolution establishment, a lawyer and loose-cannon television commentator who previously faced charges of orchestrating the bizarre Battle of the Camels, in which sword-wielding thugs rode into Tahrir Square and attacked protesters during the first days of the revolt.
In 2012/2013, 6,171 students completed their LPC, but only 5,514 trainees were registered in 2014, not including pre-LPC applicants, according to figures from the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Last night, the two men attended a pre-arranged dinner with fellow judges and other figures from the show.
While the exact figures from pre-sales won't be released for some time, we could reasonably expect Rogue One to do at least a third of The Force Awakens' again record-breaking $100 million in pre-sales last year.
A parcel-gilt silver phiale with curiously rigid animal figures in a style derived from the pre-Islamic Sasanian tradition brought, again, £182,500.
