Word: mara
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...patient was shaking the door handle and crying to get out," says Mara Baun, a University of Texas nursing professor who has co-authored 13 studies on the medical benefits of animal companions. "The staff could not get him away from the door. But the golden retriever--who had never been trained to do this--took him by the cuff of his sleeve, and he followed quietly...
...Belgians are frustrating Laura Lusuardi. For the last 34 years it has been her job to find new talent to come and work at Max Mara, the successful Italian label known for mixing fashion with practicality. So far she has fared pretty well: Karl Lagerfeld did a stint in the early 1970s; so did Dolce & Gabbana 15 years later. Today the fashion director scouts the fashion schools because, she says, young designers are already too commercial to be interesting to her. The Flanders Fashion Institute in Antwerp is famous for turning out some of the most creative minds in fashion...
...through a financial crisis, who knows which sectors will be the worst hit? In Turkey, it's the shoe-making industry, where 300,000 workers - 75% of the sector's workforce - have lost their jobs since the lira was devalued in late February. Entangled Wires E.U. Ministers took a mara-thon 10 hours of intense debate to try to agree how to regulate telecoms firms, before deciding to leave regulatory power in the hands of national authorities...
...audience member at least, McCaffrey's words were reassuring. "It was interesting to see the perspective of the US government and people," Mara I. Hernandez said...
...think the story is preposterous. So do Damon and Ryder's spokeswomen. "This is ridiculous," says Ryder's rep Mara Buxbaum. Then to leave the door open to the possibility, she adds quickly, "I haven't heard anything about this. I have no idea. I can't get in touch with her" "This sounds like the dumbest story I've ever heard," says Damon's rep Jennifer Glaisek. But who cares if the story is true? The important thing is that it's indicative of the souring mood on Matt - his halo is gone, his golden sheen tarnished...