Word: householder
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...part because male nannies are now hip. Jon Bon Jovi, playing the latest love interest of TV's Ally McBeal, doubles as a nanny to her daughter, 10. Trend spotter Faith Popcorn predicts that in the next decade, "manny" (as the guys are called) will become, well, a household word. "Europeans have known for decades that guys can be just as nurturing," says Helen Riley-Collins of San Francisco's In-House Staffing at Aunt Ann's, one of the country's oldest agencies. "Now we're starting to accept...
...sold booklets purporting to show exactly how to combine "everyday household products" to make cocaine - these booklets, of course, are "for law enforcement officials only." How do these vendors check your credentials? They...
...appeared on a single box of Cheerios, Jamie Sale and David Pelletier went to Toronto to meet with American sports agent Craig Fenech. He took one look at the pair--his dimpled, boy-band looks, her glossy brown eyes--and said, "I'm going to make you guys household names." He had yet even to see them...
...multimillion-dollar acquisition that will throw the spotlight once again on the 45-year-old Kentuckian and the company he named after his grandma's tobacco farm. Ripplewood Holdings may be little known in the U.S., but the private-equity firm, based in New York City, is virtually a household name in Japan, thanks to a $2.5 billion shopping spree in which it has grabbed national jewels, including a bank, a golf resort and a record label. The current deal may or may not involve KDDI, the Japanese phone giant Ripplewood is reportedly negotiating with for purchase of its wireless...
...hidden in a litany dinner meetings. And the difficulties of searching for clues to HIV and the efforts of other well-intentioned scientists are entirely forgotten. In trying to portray the futility of egoism in science, Crewdson commits the ultimate irony: Gallo emerges as the only memorable, potentially household name in the story...