Word: establish
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...help establish a beachhead, they have carefully blended all the Vegas pomp at the Sands Macao into an Asian vibe. A feng shui master helped design every detail of the casino to ensure that the elements were in harmony, from replacing the slot machines' winning trio of 7's with lucky Chinese 8's (in Chinese, the word for "eight" rhymes with the word meaning "get rich") to rounding the high rollers' area with beehive curves to encourage its inhabitants to "leave their honey." The staff is more polite than the Chinese have come to expect...
...made his mark as a philanthropist, venture capitalist and conservationist; in New York City. Among his prominent siblings, he was a reserved visionary; a pioneer in the new field of venture capitalism, who helped Captain Eddie Rickenbacker start Eastern Airlines; and a lover of the outdoors, who helped establish or enlarge national parks from New York to the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. "We feel," he once said of his philanthropic clan, "you must give with the heart as well as the head...
According to Wriede-Morawski, Bassi’s strategy normally calls for easing her way into a race before overcoming her opponents in its final stages. But against the trials’ elite field, her inability to establish an early lead precluded a late comeback push...
...WHAT WILL THE BANKRUPTCY ENTAIL? The job of Portland bankruptcy judge Elizabeth Perris is to establish the diocese's assets, its legitimate creditors and how many cents per available dollar each should receive. She will oversee its finances in the meantime, so Vlazny can maintain day-to-day operation without squandering those assets. She is not empowered to unilaterally close down parishes or lay off staff...
...limit on future claims against old offenses--in other words, extract itself from the nightmare still facing other dioceses. But the hearings could also become high theater, the diocese's fiscal and administrative exposure could breed further investigation, and a loss on the parish-assets issue could establish a cataclysmic precedent for the church. In Rome, the Unconsulted are venting their displeasure. "Someone in Portland," sniped a high-ranking official, "got some bad legal advice." Someone in Portland is praying that is wrong. --With reporting by Jeff Israely/Vatican City and Sean Scully/Los Angeles