Word: lear
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...When Nariman fractures an ankle, Coomy, a miserable woman who blames him for her mother's death, banishes her stepfather from his own house on the pretext that she cannot care for him. Like King Lear, the elderly patriarch is forced to seek the generosity of his progeny. Luckily for him, his youngest daughter, a kind soul named Roxana, welcomes her parent, despite the fact that she dwells in a tiny tenement in Pleasant Villa with her husband and two sons...
...sharing much easier. But the collaborations also put trade secrets at risk. Start-ups like LynkUs are looking for established partners willing to share their customers. Big firms like WebMD are trying to legitimately absorb new ideas from start-ups. Manufacturers like Ford are sharing research with partsmakers like Lear and consulting them on product designs. Stores like Wal-Mart are giving their suppliers minute-by-minute sales data and in return asking all about the suppliers' inventory, capacity and customer lists...
...made a cult of youth. "The thinking is that people over 50 are loyal to certain brands, so it's a waste of money trying to advertise to them," says Paul Hale, whose investment-banking firm Veronis Suhler advises media companies. Two earlier efforts to win More's audience, Lear's and Mirabella, collapsed, partly because of lack of advertiser enthusiasm...
According to Morris, the acquisition includes correspondence between Vidal and Norman Mailor, Joyce Carol Oates, John Cheever, Richard Burton, Norman Lear, Federico Fellini, Tennessee Williams, and others...
...getting onto a Lear jet, or another, larger general aviation plane, will your bags be subject to screening...