Word: companioner
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...what about this?" says a companion, trashing logic and pulling the cape over the friend's head, buttoning it under the neck to make a watertight hood. The designer looks; his head tilts. "How do you think it?" his friend teases...
...that are thought to kill off American jobs. In the Democrat-controlled House, the Ways and Means Committee approved for floor action a bill that would slash U.S. imports of textiles and clothing, primarily from East Asia, as much as 40%. In the Republican- controlled Senate, sponsors rewrote a companion bill to snare as many votes as possible. The new Senate version would curb imports of shoes in order to catch the votes of Senators outside Southern textile states, while the textile provisions would be softened to fall most heavily on three nations (Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong), perhaps soothing Senators...
While Kitty's pet is less exotic, she says she can't imagine what life would be like without Crimson, her cat. "She's my constant companion," she says...
Izzy's four pet lizards--Larry, Curly, Moe and one nameless companion--had races in the hall last year. "There was no wagering," said Izzy, "And Larry always won." Larry also managed to stay alive the longest of the four, but within four months, Izzy was lizard-less...
...first place, or why we are supposed to sympathize with this life's ambition. The film seems to work against its own supposed stand for women's rights. Walking past a row of leering truck-drivers, June's female companion offers in smiling, taunting contempt, "Hello, assholes," reducing her to their level. The issue of socio-economic progress degenerates into feminism at its iron-fisted worst: men are pitiful brutes...