For some 15 years now in 107 episodes Arthur has pursued his career as a self-styled 'man of

For some 15 years now (in 107 episodes) Arthur has pursued his career as a self-styled 'man of vision' by one principle alone - look after number one. There is also the germ of a good idea in the suggestion of a Parliamentary commission to which the regulators would be accountable.There are some drawbacks, however. Solid new post-and-rail fences round the paddocks, good- looking horses grazing, a golden retriever bounding down to meet me: clearly the place had fallen into the right sort of practical, country hands.Carolyn was a slim, athletic thirtysomething, John a good deal older, and as bushily grey-bearded and blue-eyed as a master mariner, but in fact a dealer and adviser in architectural items. JBA specialises in software for IBM's AS/400 machines, of which there are more than 200,000 installed around the world.

THE capture of the northern Bosnian town of Derventa this week has given the Serbian forces the territorial breakthrough that they have wanted for so long, writes Steve Crawshaw. West Ham started confidently, Martin Allen showing his eye for goal in the fifth minute with an early range-finder, which went wide. He deserves the benefit of the doubt.On this basis, the shares, which have outperformed by more than 40 per cent this year, will continue to attract followers.. Not only does the journey take you up the livery pecking order - from ten up to five in the order of precedence - but into a fundamentally different culture. Only 30 per cent of ASI production now carries its own label; the rest is produced mainly for the in-house names of large discount and mail- order firms.'Consumers increasingly realise the contents of PCs are similar. Quite the contrary.'Mr Carrizo, he said, has given evidence to the internal army inquiry, along with the witness, Santiago Mambrin. He gives us the diary of a middle-aged American astronomy professor accused of politically incorrect glances at a student ('that is my name, Emanuel Levitan, Hoyle Professor of Reckless Eyeballing').

Last week, they received food from a charity, courtesy of the UN protection force At the time, they had just four days' supplies left The new food is enough for eight more days. They argue that the inter-war period saw a successful rebuilding of much of the economic structure of empire, and that a legacy of empire remains in the City's international financial role today. 'The whole lifestyle of caddying is a gamble and I took it on because I know Monty is always going to make money,' McLean said. It carries eight cows at a time, emptying the udders of each of some five gallons of milk Asked how the cows like it, Mr Davies said: 'They love it They'd fuss if they didn't See how happy they look?'Back to the farmhouse kitchen. After a 10-hour session of tests on tether dynamics, the satellite will be set spinning again so that the deployable booms can measure the surrounding sea of charged particles.The system's motion through Earth's magnetic field will generate up to 5,000 volts across the tether. What is interesting about FernGully is that an entertainment perfectly willing to oversimplify and to talk down to its target audience should still be riven with tensions and contradictions.Magi Lune, looking and sounding like Angela Lansbury though voiced by Grace Zabriskie, is a tree fairy, a sort of miniature Green Witch. At the beginning of the affair, the narrator compares herself to the early saints setting out in a coracle, embarking on a perilous journey for the sake of love: 'Love hardened their hands against the oar and hefted their sinews against the rain.' Yet the image works only if you take it on its own terms, if you accept that it was love of God which motivated the early evangelists and not less elevated sentiments - fanaticism, bigotry, obsession.This is another example of the way in which the novel undercuts itself, exposing feelings quite different from those it ostensibly describes.

Careful monitoring of everything a horse eats and daily short-term cantering produces lean, hard equine athletes ready for the fray.You don't see fat human runners, do you?'In a parade ring - the beauty contest - at a rural jumping track, a Pipe runner can look like a heavyweight boxer surrounded by middle-aged office workers, and the clock is ticking towards the day when Pipe wins either a Cheltenham Gold Cup or a Grand National.In betting terms, with the Carrie Ann coup, he has already won both. This is the result of companies neglecting their managers' wider development needs and motivation by focusing on short-term gains in performance.Such short-term policies as working managers ever harder in an effort to ensure immediate survival are at odds with managers' own worries, which are more likely to focus on long-term prospects, says the report.Moreover, the gap between organisations' rhetoric and the reality experienced by managers could have long-term consequences for corporate success.For instance, organisations are increasingly linking rewards to individual performance, but half the managers surveyed believe their own pay packets bear little relation to their actual contribution to the company.In addition, this emphasis on rewarding individual performance neglects the enormous growth in team working.Roger Young, IM's director general, said: 'This survey reveals disturbing evidence of a widening gulf between organisations and managers.'Paul Teevan, of ER Consultants, added: 'Managers' increasing frustration stems from lack of communication from the top and worry as to what the future will hold.'Their prospects for immediate promotion are grim, yet many are not offered other ways in which to develop their career.'. But America is also, to many a newcomer's surprise, a land of 'aggressive citizenship', with a pronounced tendency for self-policing to ensure uniformity, order and maintained standards (not to mention property values) in the better residential areas. 'We'll see what happens.'Uppermost in the manager's mind was the need to protect Van Poppel, who would now be released from the pressure to secure a win every time he went out to pitch.Seven days on, one win and six defeats later, the verdict has to be not proven. Empirically, it has clearly had no effect on the level of violence in American life (except, perhaps, a negative one, given the intensified pressures on the domestic household to act as a kind of alternative civil society).The technology of private security is extremely expensive; and its purchase has had a significant impact on the budgets of the large suburban American middle class.

One of Scotland's most famous bridges, the 170ft Morgan Glen viaduct in Larkhall, Lanarkshire, which is under threat of being dismantled. Tim Curtis, their time- honoured batting mainstay, was leg-before in Walsh's second over to a ball cutting back and keeping low. He is concentrating his campaign on unemployment, housing and transport and, although his ward is not in Newham North-East, his high local profile plus some Tory protest votes may enable him to overtake Mr Hammond.Candidates: Richard Archer (Natural Law Party); Vita Garman (Buy the Daily Sport); Philip Hammond (Conservative); Jo Homeless (House Homeless People); Alec Kellaway (Liberal Democrat); Anthony Scholefield (UK Independence Party); Stephen Timms (Labour).1992 result: R. The Hand in Hand, Crooked Billet SW19. Tomorrow: Annabel Patisserie, Wimbledon High St SW19.(Photograph omitted). NOT A lot of people know this. She will receive a bottle of 1990 Cepparello from Isole e Olena, which we buy from the Italian specialists, Winecellars of south London. CaponataServes 6 as starterIngredients: 4 medium aubergines1 large onion4tbs olive oil4fl oz (115ml) tomato puree2tbs sugar6-8tbs red or white wine vinegar1 head celery8 anchovy fillets, chopped4oz (115g) black olives, halved and pipped2 heaped tbs capers, rinsed2 heaped tbs chopped parsley, plus more for garnish1 standard tin tuna, drainedsalt and freshly ground black pepper to tastePreparation: Slice aubergines, salt the slices thoroughly, and layer them in a colander to drain for at least 1 hour This will purge the harsh-tasting juices. 'I will speak to your charcutier myself.' My charcutier happens to be a willing enough, but inadequately informed, adolescent behind the deli counter at Safeway where we bought wafer-thin slices of smoked ham and some rounds of rare roast beef.Fortunately, I live right across the road from possibly the best bakery in London - Clarke's in Kensington Church Street - which of course doesn't bake English bread: Tuscan bread, French bread, rye bread, Parmesan bread, croissants, and all the rest that is flavoursome and heady with the scents of herbs and olives, but asking for a decent English loaf at Clarke's is to feel like an embarrassed man in a Bateman cartoon.