Word: consorts
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...this case, the man (or god) is Jupiter (Joshua Taylor), the king of the gods, and the focus is on his affair with Semele (Kathy D. Gerlach ’07, GSAS ’13), a mortal. At the guileful behest of Jupiter’s divine consort, Juno (Stephanie Kacoyanis), Semele withholds intimacy until Jupiter promises to give her immortality and show her his true form, a move which ultimately kills...
...vice president at IBM handing over details of Sun Microsystems's financials, which he had access to only because IBM was contemplating buying Sun. A managing director of Intel passing along the company's revenue and profit numbers before they were publicly released and later asking his hedge-fund consort for a job with one of his "powerful friends...
...that poetry, and all those songs, about something that lasts no time at all.") Father Jack should be opposed to David as a suitor, but he practically pimps the girl to him. Jack's rule for courtship is the same as for placement at Oxford: he wants Jenny to consort with the upper class so she can marry well. What else is an education...
...that she has some practice - and better outfits - under her belt, Letizia's approval ratings have climbed (the fact that she has fulfilled her one non-negotiable duty as consort by producing two heirs, the equally well-dressed Leonor, nearly 4 years old, and Sofia, 2, didn't hurt either). In these vicissitudes, of course, Letizia bears a certain resemblance to another famed royal. But don't be looking for her to be taking on the mantle of Diana of Wales anytime soon, warns Montes-Fernandez. "For one thing, Letizia tends to focus on cultural issues rather than humanitarian ones...
...early part of the 7th century B.C.E., decades after Hosea issued his sermons, Israel was still awash in religious pluralism. The Jerusalem Temple itself, according to the Bible, was home not just to Yahweh but also to Asherah, a goddess who, scholars increasingly believe, was Yahweh's consort. And there were "vessels made for Baal," the Canaanite...