Well Sir Bob Geldof is currently in Africa, and a little earlier I spoke to him from Nairobi.
But not as well as Sir Michael, who realised some time ago that the best way of making money from the airline industry was to leave it.
Well, Sir Mervyn King will be relieved to hear that Wadhwani does not like the idea of targeting nominal GDP - the cash value of the economy - instead of inflation.
Two men who knew Capt O'Neill well were Sir Ken Bloomfield, the deputy cabinet secretary, and Lord Kilclooney, who as plain John Taylor became the young Unionist MP at Stormont in 1965.
As it happens, the strangeness of this situation was captured very well by Sir Mervyn King in testimony to the Treasury Select Committee in late November 2008, when he had this to say about Libor.
As you well know, sir, finding votes for the debt ceiling can sometimes be complicated.
The top 10 included Marco Polo and astronaut Neil Armstrong as well as mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary.
Sir Paul took the top job in British policing knowing full well that his predecessor, Sir Ian Blair, had come to be seen as damaged goods.
The Series attracted criticism for its poor floodlights and slow wicket, as well as American backer Sir Allen Stanford's conduct.
Royals the Earl and Countess of Wessex, Peter and Zara Phillips as well as veteran broadcaster Sir David Frost were among the guests expected to attend.
As well as reflecting on Sir Paul's continuing musical success, the new exhibition focuses on his inspirational achievement in building the future through his support of LIPA, which opened in 1996.
Warnock lashed out in several directions, taking aim at familiar targets such as referees, as well as managerial counterparts Sir Alex Ferguson and Rafael Benitez for fielding weakened teams in recent weeks.
The record features covers of Daniel Bedingfield's If You're Not The One, Air Supply's All Out Of Love, Ronan Keating's When You Say Nothing At All, as well as some of Sir Cliff's hits.
Given time, attention and with his relevant experience, Sir Alex might well have uncovered the truth.
Sir David is well aware of the limitations of the role of adviser.
Well-respected academics like Sir Norman Davies and Simon Schama have swapped the safety of narrow monographs for grand sweeps across the centuries.
Sir ALEC: Well, the problem was that this family originally from Ghana--they were UK citizens--the youngest boy in the family went back to Ghana and then returned after a while to the UK on a passport that had been tampered with.
Of course, this will be influenced by ministers as well as senior officials such as Sir David.
Mr Reid is expected to ask Sir Sean, a well-known SNP supporter, about his role in bringing about devolution, about Scottishness and what it means to him.
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As for tying them to the unemployment rate, as the US central bank has done - well, you get the impression that Sir Mervyn and his deputies think that is downright potty.
Well three and a half years after Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Money first tried and failed to buy Northern Rock, there is a reasonable chance that it will end up buying the bank this time.
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As well as Mr Beveridge, who also chaired an independent commission for the Scottish government into public spending, the Fiscal Commission Working Group includes two winners of the Nobel economics prize, Joseph Stiglitz and Sir Jim Mirrlees, as well as Scottish economist Andrew Hughes-Hallett and Frances Ruane, an Irish expert in public finance.
As well as his film-making, Sir Alan also served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the British Film Institute, was the founding chairman of the UK Film Council in 1999 and was a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain, which has since honoured him with its Lifetime Achievement Award.
Foreigners can bring risks as well as benefits to educational institutions, as Sir Howard Davies, a former director of the LSE, discovered.
Signatories include former government chief scientist and Royal Society president Lord May as well as Zoological Society of London president Professor Sir Patrick Bateson.
Funding in the Scottish Borders town will focus on the Market Place area as well as the category A listed building, Sir Walter Scott's former court house.
"Everyone here wishes him well in his future career, " United manager Sir Alex Ferguson told the club's website.
The expected challenge from 7-2 favourite Pedrillo fell flat and Sir Mark Prescott's horse finished well down the field.
We are very grateful to you, sir, and the administration, as well as Congress and the American people, for the continued support that has been shown to Jordan over so many years.
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