Then they hiked it up to £9,000, the better to lift the burden from the Treasury and to give us – in the jargon beloved by ministers – world-class universities enabling us to compete in the global race.
Here's the Hollywood pitch: The saga of an American President and an Israeli Prime Minister, world leaders and longtime allies from democratic nations who simply can't get along despite having far more important things to worry about in a world, and region, that is in complete disarray.
He has damned modern designs for London's National Gallery and Chelsea Barracks, trumpeted a traditionalist model town in Dorset and delivered verdicts on buildings to ministers and world leaders.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, leader of Ukraine's largest opposition bloc, was offered the role of Prime Minister and world champion boxer-turned-politician, Vitali Klitschko, who leads Udar, was offered the post of Deputy Prime Minister, in charge of humanitarian affairs.
The ponytailed finance minister — a world first?
At 46, Mr. Letta is the third-youngest prime minister since World War II.
The factual basis of the constitutional threat was shaky, according not only to Sebba but also to Lloyd George, Britain's prime minister during World War I.
Analysts said that Mr. Papandreou was determined not to be the first Greek prime minister since World War II to bring the country to economic disaster.
In Britain, Gordon Brown's poll ratings are the lowest for any Prime Minister since World War II, a reflection of the woes of a service-dominated economy.
As deputy foreign minister during World War II, he learned English so he could give press conferences to American and British journalists.
PARIS — How can anyone be shocked anymore by Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's top entertainer and its longest-serving prime minister since World War II?
