Word: bestowal
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...surreal it was to find himself the toast of Cannes last week. Over two days at the celebrated film festival, the former Vice President conducted what he figures were 48 interviews, many of them roundtable sessions, to accommodate the kind of interest that entertainment reporters usually bestow on people named Halle and Beyoncé. And then there was that encounter with Hugh Jackman, the Australian heartthrob whose expected summer blockbuster, X-Men: The Last Stand, was set to open in some 16,000 theaters around the world. "It was just a random comment, and here's how I remember it--Hugh...
...Mexican city of Monterrey in January 2004, he called Martin a "straightforward fellow." Two years later, Bush used the same phrase to describe Stephen Harper at their get-acquainted chat in Canc?n, Mexico. Awkward coincidence? Maybe, but the U.S. President evidently regards straightforwardness as the highest praise he can bestow on his counterparts--at least until he decides it no longer fits the bill...
...ruling out Athina's future succession. But for now, says Anthony Papadimitriou, president of the foundation, Athina simply has nothing to contribute. "The question isn't what she can get out of the foundation but what she is going to offer," he says. "She's not going to bestow greater credibility on our business." To illustrate his point, he refers to the Onassis shipping interests, which the foundation controls. "When I talk to the top people in Exxon Mobil, they want to know who they're talking to; they want to know they trust us to carry their crude. What...
...bonus pool on Wall Street for last year's labor, which will be paid out in coming weeks, rose 16% to an all-time high of $21.5 billion, according to New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi. He's as happy as any Lower Manhattan diamond dealer. Those bonuses will bestow $1.5 billion of tax revenue on New York state's budget and another $500 million on New York City's budget, and by extension benefit all state residents...
...highest honor HBS can bestow on an alumnus,” said Harvard Business School spokesman James E. Aisner ’68. “In some ways this is our honorary degree, our Oscar, our Emmy, whatever you want to call...