Word: entrustment
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...call center in Bangalore, India, can sell someone a loan. But would people entrust all aspects of their financial future to someone they have never met? In the offshoring game, the need for a relationship gives the personal financial planner an edge. Planners look for more than just data. They need to scope out a client's priorities. "A person may mention that his family didn't help support his college tuition," says Elizabeth Jetton, an Atlanta-based planner who has met each of her 65 clients in person, "and you notice he starts fidgeting. That body language alone tells...
...this is a messy dustbin of a language. You simply would not entrust the Russians with anything if you saw what a mess they have made of their tongue. It can be mildly interesting at times, but this too only for spectacle, the way people will stop and gawk at a train wreck...
...have nothing against Cory Aquino's running for President of the Philippines. But how will she persuade voters to entrust the highest position of the land to a woman who has not held any public office? Being the widow of a brilliant man does not make her brilliant too. Avelino U. Falcon Madrid, the Philippines Demoted Rembrandt...
...October trip to France to meet with French President Jacques Chirac, Hariri received word of an assassination attempt on Marwan Hamade, a member of parliament who had voted against Lahoud. Hariri saw the attempted hit as a warning. Nineteen days later, he quit as Prime Minister, writing Lahoud, "I entrust revered Lebanon and its good people to God Almighty...
...with the ubiquitous mother or father is more likely to get the nod. Parents who test teachers' nerves come in various types. Principals will often meet the demanding parent before the child is enrolled. This mother or father will have 20 questions along the lines of, Why should I entrust my precious child to you? "Just once," says a Sydney primary-school principal, "I'd love to say, 'Oh, and before you go, I have some questions for you. Are there any learning difficulties we should know about...