Word: heath
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Motel Blues is a series of episodes in the lives of photographer Jarred (Jay Heath) and his vapid girlfriend Flee (Angelina Zappia), who have travelled to a remote rat-trap hotel in the desert so that Jarred can complete a project. It quickly becomes clear, however, that their relationship is strained and distrustful; the ugly monotony of their surroundings matches the emptiness of their bizarre conversations The strain is increased by Jarred's evident contempt for Flee's favorite activities, reading fashion magazines and eating junk food...
...division that championed derivatives-financial instruments that use the public's massive bet on securities to create a parallel universe of side bets, some straightforward (like futures) and others arcane (like swaptions). Derivatives helped the Tokyo unit make huge amounts of money-the kind of money that made Christopher Heath, the head of Baring Securities who was pushing these instruments, Britain's highest paid executive. The Tokyo team, says a former Barings manager there, "was a loose group having a really exciting time. We'd laugh if someone had had only an hour of sleep a night. There were days...
...National Institutes of Heath issued a formal request for a proposal, tactfully giving it the bland title "Social and Behavioral Aspects of Fertility Related Behavior" in an attempt to slip under the radar of right- wing politicians. But the euphemism fooled no one - least of all Jesse Helms. In the Reagan and Bush era, any government funding for sex research was suspect, and the Senator from North Carolina was soon lobbying to have the project killed. The Chicago team redesigned the study several times to assuage conservative critics, dropping the questions about masturbation and agreeing to curtail the interview once...
...talking," said Jen J. Heath '98, a Canaday F resident. "The line's better than the line for the ethernet card. That was awful...
...office on Dec. 1, the country expects continuity from him, not dramatic new policies. Salinas has already pulled Mexico back from economic catastrophe with free-market policies, privatization and a fierce war on inflation. "On the economic side, Zedillo doesn't have to do anything at all," says Jonathan Heath, a Mexico City consultant. "We've already started a recovery." But of course, Zedillo does have to do something. His biggest task will be to turn his victory into good news for the poor. Ines Ramirez, selling flowers on a Mexico City street corner, says she voted for Zedillo...