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Apple CEO Tim Cook waves at the end of an Apple media event in Cupertino, California, U.S. October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) Chief Executive Tim Cook told Prime Minister Theresa May the company was optimistic about Britain's future after it leaves the European Union, the BBC reported on Thursday.
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Jane Austen's fictional character, Fitzwilliam Darcy, is seen in this historically accurate portrait by Nick Hardcastle, released in London, Britain, on February 9, 2017. Courtesy of UKTV/Nick Hardcastle/Handout via REUTERS
Mr Darcy, the romantic hero of Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice," has been portrayed by a string of showbusiness heart-throbs, but a new study suggests he would probably have looked very different from the modern ideal of masculinity.
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An undated image handed out by Mallams shows a catalogue photograph of items from one of the world's largest collections of 'Alice in Wonderland' memorabilia, featuring over 3,000 items, which were sold at the Oxford auction house for around 70,000 pounds ($88,000), February 8, 2017. The collection, which features memorabilia of the fantasy novel by Lewis Carroll - also known as Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - was owned by late antiquarian book and prints dealer Thomas Schuster and his wife Greta. Mallams handout via REUTERS
One of the world's largest collections of "Alice in Wonderland" memorabilia, featuring over 3,000 items, was sold at an Oxford auction house on Wednesday for around 70,000 pounds ($88,000).
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