Word: partnering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...partner, Patrick Marston, was asked recently why he wanted to marry me. Patrick looked surprised at the question and replied simply, "Because I love David very much and want to spend the rest of my life with him." It is hard to imagine that such an honest and loving statement could be the subject of a bitter national debate. Last week's Hawaii court ruling has increased the tempo of the morals police, who are determined to impose their values on our lives. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of political demagogues willing to build their careers on the fear...
...RICHARD FISHER, SUSAN SOROS and LEON LEVY These three trustees gave a total of $42 million to New York's Bard College, a gift that allows the school to more than double its endowment. Fisher is chairman of the Morgan Stanley Group Inc. Levy is general partner of Odyssey Partners, an investment firm. Susan Soros, George's wife, is the director of Bard's Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, based in Manhattan...
...right panels contain scenes of horror, torment and dislocation: a man with amputated hands tied to a pillar, a woman in bondage about to be axed by a headsman, another woman with a lamp (perhaps a muse or a guide) to whom the upside-down corpse of her partner is bound. One cannot decode these too literally, but they presumably represent the chaos overtaking Beckmann's homeland. The center panel portrays the artist's dream of escape. The blue horizon (the color of peace) beckons; the king in the boat makes a calm gesture of benediction with his right hand...
...first, I knew Professor Price solely as a lecturer and seminar leader. Early in junior year, I came to know him as an active discussion partner and debater. Sometime junior spring, I came to rely upon him as a mentor. Senior year, he served as my thesis advisor. And quite naturally, during that capstone academic experience, Professor Price became my friend. An invitation to his home for Thanksgiving was extended, as an offer to advise an independent private-sector research proposal I sought to help finance my way through college. He served as a fountain of advice on entering...
...just absolutely dumbfounded," he said. "Doug was my friend and late afternoon drinking partner for years. He was such a gracious man. This is tough to accept...