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Sir Allen Lane

A flair for success AGATHA CHRISTIE Sir Allen Lane, founder of Penguin Books and one of the most influential of publishers, died on 7 July aged sixty-seven. My friendship with......

America

The battle of the public purse WILLIAM JANEWAY New York — Once upon a time in America, this time of year brought a welcome inter- regnum in national politics. Congress went home......