Word: partner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Public Wish. In private talks, De Gaulle reportedly only echoed his public wish that Turkey "remain her own mistress" and conceded that Turkey's special "geographic, strategic and economic position" required it to remain an active NATO partner. That, for De Gaulle, was in itself quite a concession. Had the Czechoslovakian invasion not occurred, the general would certainly have done his best to persuade his hosts to drop out of NATO...
...nuptial liturgy, Jackie and Ari exchanged rings and wreaths of lemon blossoms, and drank wine from a single chalice. Then the priest led them round a table three times in the ritual dance of Isaiah. Traditionally in the dance, one of the newlyweds steps on his (or her) partner's foot to signify who will command in the marriage. None of the 25 guests admitted seeing such one-foot-upmanship...
...incredible staying power," one character laments. Eva is the formless, feckless person who flouts the schemes and designs of subtler minds. At 25, she is an heiress. Her mother died in a plane crash; her father, a homosexual tycoon, was a suicide. Her guardian was her father's partner in business and in bed. He alternately tries to manipulate her for her money or avoid having to confront...
...lawyer on the board of another company finds out that the firm will soon market a profitable new product. But one of his law partners is an adviser to several estates and intends to unload the company's shares. Should the lawyer dissuade his partner...
Marriage Revealed. Armand G. Erpf, 70, senior partner in Wall Street's Loeb, Rhoades & Co.; and Sue Mortimore, thirtyish, an artist; he for the second time, she for the first; in Rome, three years and two children ago. Why the secrecy? "No one asked," said Erpf. But why should they? The Erpfs kept separate apartments...