Word: partnering
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...cameras and thereby heat up inflation. That in turn may force Washington to raise interest rates, jacking up the cost of loans and mortgages and holding the entire U.S. economy hostage to the currency's problems. "We are gradually losing control of our own destiny," Felix Rohatyn, a senior partner at the investment firm Lazard Freres, told Congress. Moreover, he says, "the dollar's decline undercuts American economic leadership and prestige. It is perhaps the single most dangerous economic threat we will face in the long term because it puts us at the mercy of other countries...
...idea of going into the woods with anindividual of indeterminate gender underscores theuncertainty inherent in 'net relationships. Whenhaving 'netsex, the information one "partner"knows about the other is highly selective andoften false. After all, what can they give you?The Michelangelo Virus? There is a certainexcitement for many in this ability to create acharacter, to be an ideal self or someonecompletely different. If you want to be asix-foot platinum blonde transsexual dominatrixone day and a vertically challenged Cyclops fromNew Zealand the next, all it takes is the click ofthe keys. No one will ever know. By the sametoken, though...
...Loebs have been involved with theUniversity for decades. John Loeb, 92, was born inSt. Louis, Missouri and graduated cum laude fromthe College in 1924. He also received an honoraryL.L.D. in 1971. Loeb was senior partner at theinvestment bank Loeb, Rhodes & Company from 1955to...
...probably the least flamboyant of the Republican contenders. But there he was in a bright vaudeville spotlight, one hand clasping a hand mike to his crooning lips and the other around the waist of his blond song-and-dance partner, Astaire and Rogers-style. "Spotted owl, Kathleen Brown/ Endangered species of renown," they harmonized lustily. "We beat the California blue-hoos ... Yeah...
...sartorial outrage conceal an ordinary, football-loving guy with an extraordinary love of the limelight. For all the tabloid titters, England realizes this; it has virtually made John its official Ambassador of Fun. He has performed for all branches of the Royal Family, and is a favorite dancing partner of Princess Diana. But John says he doesn't enjoy going to most parties anymore "because people are off their face. I stand there holding my glass of water and realize that I used to be like that, or worse. I'd be in my room doing drugs instead of getting...