Word: el
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...UC’s e-mail list to have cocktails before the event went unanswered, members ceremoniously popped the corks of several champagne bottles during the evening’s farewell speeches. About a dozen of Glazer’s friends and blockmates wore pink “Viva el Presidente” t-shirts with Glazer’s face printed on the front, and former UC representative E.E. Keenan ’07, sporting coattails, placed laurel wreaths on Glazer’s and UC Vice President Clay T. Capp’s ’06 heads...
...Known to students and faculty as “El,” Forbes won the adoration of many young singers who enrolled in his courses and performed in his concerts...
...adherents of his ancien régime by letting the people eat cake - a Sichuan pepper dacquoise cake to be precise - for €17. The dish cost €60 at his old place. Senderens is only the latest top chef to drop out of the star system. Jöel Robuchon cashed in his Michelin status in 1996 to colonize Las Vegas and Tokyo and supermarket refrigerators with gourmet fast food. Many talented chefs refuse to join the ratings rat race altogether, opting to run more casual bistros. Some latter-day sansculottes can't wait for the extinction...
...benchmark measuring market performance. The system also includes a “clawback” provision, which withholds part of the earnings dependent on future returns. University officials have indicated that the compensation plan is here to stay under the firm’s new chief, Mohamed A. El-Erian, who will take the helm early this year. “The board has discussed this issue, and the board is completely committed to continuing to provide compensation for outstanding performance at HMC at levels that will enable us to attract the most talented people,” Summers said...
...time like two Oscar-nominated actresses sharing the stage without a hint of diva behavior. SALMA HAYEK and JULIANNE MOORE served as co-hosts of the Nobel Peace Prize concert, which airs this week in the U.S. The event, held last month in Norway, honored Nobel laureate Mohamed el-Baradei and his International Atomic Energy Agency with performances by Duran Duran and Gladys Knight. Hayek knows viewers may tune in to see her and Moore, not the honoree. "Why do we only pay attention to important issues if people from an unimportant sector--entertainment--talk about them?" the Frida star...