His gaze is as unswerving as a tiger hunter's, but only because of his dope habit. BRITISH RAIL knew just what to do when one of its trains broke down - it called out the RAC. He said nothing, just lifted up the bat and hit the woman without showing any mercy.'The man is described as black, with short Afro hair, in his mid- twenties, about 5ft 10in, medium build and wearing dark clothes. They liked them because they were sweet and juicy, could be kept for a long time in the fridge, and provided a suitable base for the choice of five salad dressings that was then obligatory in any restaurant worth its salt. Slowly the fashion for crispness caught on here, and these days close to 70 per cent of the lettuces we grow and eat are of the iceberg type. A 6in lift usually allows me to regain the moral high ground.Hydraulic lever 2 flattens the chair into horizontal mode. Cut peppers of whatever colour into quarters, grill skin-side to the flame or heating element at a high temperature until the skin is charred black and blistering.

Previewing; opens tomorrow.CABARETJane Horrocks plays Sally Bowles in Sam Mendes's new production of the musical Donmar Warehouse, London WC2 (071-867 1150). It's against religion.' Gen Hamzawi, grey-haired, forefinger poised behind his left ear, allowed a faint, patient smile to move across his gentle, feline features. This is where interest rates are set, through the Bank's dealings in sterling bills of exchange.The market is an intermediary between the authorities and the commercial banking system, and is quite unlike anything found in other large financial centres. Earlier this week P&G cut the prices of liquid laundry detergents such as Tide, Cheer and Dreft by up to 15 per cent.

Of 10 species of birds of prey examined, peregrines, at around 75 per cent, had the lowest digestive efficiency while buzzards, at up to 82 per cent, had the highest.Other searching hunters, such as red kite and tawny owl, had a digestive efficiency as high as the buzzards. Shares sold to cover the cost of options were placed by Cazenove with six institutions.Forte fell 6p to 221p as NatWest Securities repeated its sell advice.Division, the virtual reality computer group that came to the market in May, slipped 3p to 73p It is switching stockbrokers. Such access would probably require some sort of corridor through Croatia to the port of Split. 'We are in the business of trying to halt abuse (of the rules) rather than trying to halt the actual arrival (of fish),' he argued. A study by the institute shows that in the area of clinical medicine, British scientists are producing more research papers, but the research arouses less interest internationally than it used to.Letters, page 28. Taylor has passed another medical and signed a two-year contract. AFTER the euphoria of the South African elections comes the hard decision-making.

'Whether this voyage of escape marks the beginning or end of his life is uncertain,' observes the dry and subtle authorial voice of Claudio Magris. We all took heart from the optimistic statements of the Prime Minister and Chancellor of theExchequer.The ITC used a growth rate of 4 per cent to judge the franchise applications, nearly twice the most optimistic current forecast for 1993 and 1994. This most formidable animal would surely liven the proceedings. It is true that those poor Hackney children were tragically denied the chance to see Romeo and Juliet, but at my school we would have chaired the lesbian headmistress round the playground for getting us out of that (It wasn't even the Shakespeare version. But some senior officials now dispute this and appear determined to bring Britain to book.The EC has officially written to the Government following a complaint that it has not provided Ireland with sufficient information on the plans, as required under the 1985 Environmental Impact Assessment directive. And do you know - thank God for America] - if these sanctions last three more months, I will make it.'Throughout, Kelly bites his judgemental lip and concentrates on reporting what he sees. A FATHER and his son battered a man to death after being taunted about child sex allegations, a court was told yesterday.

Eerily, they persist in seeing him as a mythic hero and conveniently ignore the fact that in the course of his revenge on corrupt society, innocent folk are as likely as the wicked to end up as pie-filling. Obsession, rather than social injustice, is the theme that most animates this work and Sondheim's superb score. Compared to Carlisle, however, they are millionaires; the fee they paid Manchester United for Robins this summer was almost 10 times the cost of an entire Carlisle team studded with free transfers.Briefly and crucially, Robins looked worth the pounds 800,000 outlay.Norwich had been pounded throughout the first half and were fortunate only to be behind to Andy Barnsley's penalty, awarded after Ian Crook had tripped the lively Andy Watson.Just 15 seconds after the break, Robins undid all Carlisle's good work, meeting a centre from David Phillips, controlling the ball and turning to lash a fierce shot into the net in one flowing, irresistible movement.Robins also played a vital part in the goal that put Norwich ahead, returning a precise one-two to Jeremy Goss to set up a rare shooting chance.The prime contributor, though, was Carlisle's normally reliable goalkeeper, Kelham O'Hanlon, who allowed Goss's half-hit effort to squeeze under his body.Carlisle could have been forgiven for becoming discouraged, but they did nothing of the sort. But, just when you start wondering if you will ever feel anything again, along comes a piece like The Dig to ambush your emotions. A comedy about a radio-contest winner, based on a New Yorker article by John McNulty, The Jackpot was well received and they did a fine job adapting (with Valentine Davies) a studio warhorse for Danny Kaye. Meanwhile, the merchant bankers, lawyers and accountants - destined to pick up pounds 30m or so in fees - can hardly believe their luck.