Mr Adams also has a point when he argues that the 17% of the vote won by Sinn Fein gives the party a claim to political office that is extremely hard to brush aside.

ECONOMIST: Northern Ireland

To be fair I never paint an entire sector wiith the same brush so there are many reputable hard working managers and executives that have worked there many years.

FORBES: Can Petrobras Possibly Disappoint More?

Anschutz's first brush with Hollywood goes as far back as 1967, when he characteristically drove a hard bargain.

FORBES: Morality Play

At present, though satellites can provide a broad-brush picture of what is going on, collecting detailed information about the atmosphere above the sea is hard.

ECONOMIST: Robots in the cockpit