Word: mutuality
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...Before Dylan, pop music wallowed and exulted in the love song; the body of get-lost songs was small. If pop approached the topic, it was usually an invitation to mutual hermitting. ("Let's get lost," Frank Loesser wrote and Mary Martin sang, "lost in each other's arms.") It's true that songs of emotional defiance had been a sub-genre of blues. In folk music, John Jacob Niles, the Kentucky balladeer with the dramatic delivery and the pure falsetto, had written "Go Away from My Window," covered by Harry Belafonte and Joan Baez - and adapted by Dylan...
...Laura's discipline rubbed off on him. Getting married was the best thing Jim ever did, adds his father James Richardson, a retired general in the South Carolina Coast Guard. "Because both of them are in helicopters, they can understand what the other is going through." Jim credits their mutual success to friendly competition: "The reason she is moving up so fast is that she got to see all of my mistakes and has been able to avoid them," he says with a smile. He has four years' seniority over her and insists that she will never outrank him, since...
...According to prosecutors, the women obtained life insurance policies for the homeless men through several companies, including Mutual of Omaha and Monumental Life. After the men had signed the policies, authorities allege the women provided the transients with food and shelter for a little over two years before mowing them down to collect the payments. The waiting period appears to stem from California insurance law that allows companies to contest new policies only within two years of issuing them...
...Seif al Islam opened the discussion by saying that Libya proposed a strategic dialogue on mutual concerns starting with extremism. He recalls their surprise when he quickly agreed that Libya could begin by making a sincere effort to address WMD concerns. Seif al Islam says they reciprocated by immediately obtaining Blair's promise to deal with Libya in good faith. "When they called 10 Downing Street," he recalls, "they said, 'Don't fall off your chair. We got something from the Libyans.' It was a total surprise to them...
...campaign-finance scandals in Washington have made investors skittish about corporations becoming tainted by their donations. "It's easy for politicians and companies to get a little bit out of control," says Andrew Shalit, director of shareholder advocacy at Green Century, a mutual-fund manager that has proposed disclosure resolutions. "A lot of harm can come from that." One thing's for sure. When the harm hits headlines--and bottom lines--attention will be paid...