Word: partner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...report's most notable conclusions, the bipartisan majority declares flatly that the profits generated by the sale of U.S. arms to Iran were the rightful property of the Federal Government, not of the so-called enterprise operated by retired Major General Richard Secord and his Iranian- born partner, Albert Hakim. Diverting those profits to the Nicaraguan contras "constituted a misappropriation of government funds," the report claims. If Walsh and a federal grand jury concur, Secord and Hakim may face indictments. So, too, may former National Security Adviser John Poindexter, who approved the diversion, and former-NSC Staffer Oliver North...
...then failing to monitor the activity closely to see that it was kept within the boundaries of the law. NSC staff members were "out of control," the report says, with Oliver North and Poindexter "privatizing" foreign policy and allowing retired Air Force Major General Richard Secord and his business partner, Albert Hakim, to handle American negotiations with Iran and control huge sums of money from the transactions...
...along and delivers the punchy one-liner like no one else. He is paired with Maria Conchita Alonso, perhaps the only actress around with English enunciation as bad as Schwartzeneggar's. Still, she manages to give her character a toughness that keeps her from being overshadowed by her towering partner...
...balance love and career." Her first marriage, at 21, to Rock Guitarist Cabot Wade, lasted three years, as did her second, to James Marlas, a Manhattan venture capitalist. The man in her life now is Producer John Starke, 37, who worked with her on Garp and is her partner in developing film projects. The two are expecting their first child in April or May. Unlike Alex but rather like her favorite heroine, Jenny Fields, the defiantly unwed mother of Garp, Close has no plans to marry...
...second gust of reform to hit the Deep South in a month, similar to the election of Buddy Roemer as Governor of Louisiana, Mississippi's partner at the bottom of most measures of prosperity. Both men are young reformers with graduate degrees from Harvard who are dedicated to dispelling the tarnished establishments that have dominated their states' politics, beefing up education systems and aggressively seeking new forms of industry...