Word: companionism
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...These pampered few will dine on nouvelle cuisine and watch first-run movies on personal DVD players, while recumbent on fully flat, almost 2-m-long beds. The bed is the centerpiece of the positively decadent 1.95 sq m of space allocated to each passenger, which also features a companion seat and a retractable table for tête-à-têtes. The benefits aren't just limited to the air. With so few passengers to process, boarding, disembarking and baggage retrieval should be a breeze...
...desire to see stronger leadership pretty much across sectors,” he said. “That goes across political parties, economic groups, and gender.” However, the results of the study can also be viewed in a positive light, said Myers. She hopes that the companion study—which identified 25 leaders who are “making a difference”—can be used to improve America’s leadership situation. “There are great lessons to be learned from these inspiring leaders,” said Myers...
...days, at least, Abdullah will be forgiven for devoting his thoughts to the memory of Endon. Speaking to reporters on the day after her death, Abdullah replied "lonely, lonely" when asked how he felt. The question for many Malaysians is whether, without his companion of 40 years, their Prime Minister will find the rough and tumble world of politics lonelier then he can bear...
...London. Initially, Gromit was envisioned as a cat, but underwent a transformation when Park realized “a dog was just easier to make.” Park relished his new creations: Wallace, an inventor whose light bulbs are always a little dim, and Gromit, his faithful companion, whose silence belies his ingenuity. Park liked that the situation was “almost like a role reversal, with the dog being the smart one and the man being the stupid one.” Though the Wallace and Gromit shorts brought him international renown, he was initially wary...
...limited by available texts. Intuition and common sense can help, but only if they’re leavened by an awareness that the world we see ‘onstage’ is different from the world we live in.” The fact that Lincoln and companion Joshua Speed were bedmates was not unusual in the nineteenth century, and “a frank avowal of our ignorance is the first step in honestly dealing with Lincoln’s sexuality,” Shenk writes...