Word: bigwig
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...more cash. (As Star says, they can actually qfford the clothes we saw on SATC) Cashmere's quartet includes a hotel coo, an investment banker, a marketing executive and a magazine publisher; Lipstick's trio consists of a movie-studio head, a fashion designer and another magazine bigwig. (Memo to producers: Please inform my bosses how lavishly paid magazine workers are supposed...
Zuma's political career has boomeranged from bigwig to pariah and back. Mbeki sacked him as Deputy President in 2005 when Zuma's financial adviser was convicted of soliciting a bribe for him in a French arms deal. Related charges were filed against Zuma on Dec. 14. And though he was acquitted in a rape trial in 2006, his testimony revealed shocking attitudes about sex and AIDS, including an admission that he had unprotected sex with an HIV-positive woman but showered afterward to reduce the risk of infection...
...story of five different Christian families, the Reitans included, dealing with the sexual orientations of their children. Some are more supportive than others. The five families come from all spectrums of life: one is a southern black family of preachers, and others include gay Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson, political bigwig Dick Gephardt, and a woman whose daughter committed suicide after she came out.Interspersed throughout the families’ personal stories are clips of multiple Christian evangelicals preaching on the sinfulness of homosexuality, a cartoon explaining the science behind being gay, and a scene in which leading theologians debate the Bible?...
...expat gig used to be a cushy one for U.S. executives of a certain level: jet into Tokyo or Paris, tuck family into American schools and clubs, slide into fully established local office as the bigwig from headquarters. It was more of an exotic detour for loyal lifetimers than a slingshot into directorship for the young and ambitious--but who cared? Somewhere, perhaps in Tokyo or Paris, that old-timey expatriate still sips his midday martini at the foreigners' club. But in the rough-and-tumble markets of China and India, a new generation of expats--they prefer "global executives...
Harvard’s endowment has been cited as a model for achieving high-growth rates, but one investment choice led to a staggering loss of at least a quarter of a billion dollars late last week after the collapse of former Harvard Management Company (HMC) bigwig Jeffrey B. Larson’s hedge fund...