Word: partner
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...joined his father and came up with the idea to seek business in the hinterlands. "There were a whole lot of farmers, storekeepers and small- town professionals out there that brokers weren't calling on," recalls Ted Jones, 61, now the firm's senior partner. In 1955, Jones opened its first branch office over the Woolworth's in Mexico, Mo. After growing slowly at first, the company has almost exploded in recent years. A decade ago Jones had revenues of only $12 million. Last year the firm made a profit of $34 million on revenues of $240 million...
...additional $100 million for advanced equipment, including satellite links between headquarters and the branch offices, over the next four years. Jones has expanded cautiously into the suburbs of Chicago and Kansas City, but the firm still primarily looks for homes where the buffalo could roam. Says Jones Managing Partner John Bachmann: "We're not going to fiddle with the formula that has proved successful...
...Though not a technical whiz, Nina Ananiashvili, 24, has a lovely, sensuous line, strong feet and a crisp attack. She is also, ineffably, an old- fashioned girl whose spirit summons the perfumed kingdoms of ballet. The most important advantage she has happens to be young Liepa, 25, her frequent partner. Fair as she is dark, he is attentive, handsome and gallant. By keeping things simple and performing on a common impulse, the pair gave several performances that were more satisfying than their showier elders'. At least in the context of this tour, they seemed to reassert values that the Bolshoi...
...loves both Fox and money. "I finally realized she doesn't have to be a total snot," says Hannah. "She can be human too." Douglas had no such qualms about his portrayal of Gordon Gekko, a "very high-powered guy" who becomes the younger Sheen's mentor and partner in crime. Says he: "The hardest thing was probably finding that balance of seduction yet killer...
...reality conspires to reward both desires at once. The latest beneficiary of this bolt-from-the-blue largesse is a Chicagoan named Scott Turow, 38. Since 1978 he has been a lawyer in his hometown, working for eight years in the U.S. Attorney's office and then as a partner in a private firm. He has also, like thousands of others among the gainfully employed, written in his spare time. Eventually he completed his first novel. Unlike most such manuscripts, however, his did not meet with indifference and rejection; in fact, publishers competed eagerly to buy the book. Turow finally...