Word: mate
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...small, remote country, the attraction of studying or working elsewhere - especially for high achievers - is strong. The overseas experience (OE) is a rite of passage, particularly for men. During the past 25 years, the outflow of young men has become a deluge. For thirtysomething Kiwi women, finding a mate has never been more difficult - they outnumber blokes in the 30-39 age group by 25,000. The differential stalls birth rates and has serious implications for the sustainability of the country's tax regime and generous social welfare system. But before Australians say tough, trend spotter Bernard Salt believes...
...Within weeks of launching his campaign, Averell had lost 49 of his 50 points, due to what the UC called “excessive campaign violations”—including placing photos of himself and his running mate into a comic strip they regularly drew for The Crimson...
Riley and her running-mate Haddock campaigned on a platform promising to shift social programming responsibilities from the UC to an independent student committee...
...living in Seoul, wrote a harrowing memoir (The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag) about his imprisonment there as a young boy. The book was translated into English, and Kang ended up in Washington last year chatting about his incarceration with an unexpected soul mate: U.S. President George W. Bush...
...silent divisions: Clinton had Hillaryland (a more liberal and activist core); George H.W. Bush had Quayleland (a more conservative and activist core). But in one respect Cheney's shop has been completely different from any Vice President's since the Truman years. When Bush recruited him as his running mate in 2000, Cheney made his priorities clear: he would do the inside work and leave the outside work to others. The campaign team described a parade in which Cheney would meet and greet voters. "Um," said a Cheney staff member tentatively, "Mr. Cheney does not like to shake hands." That...