Word: partnerized
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...around the world," says the man behind the project, Bertrand Piccard, "but to encourage a complete paradigm shift on how we use energy." Piccard, a 49-year-old Swiss psychiatrist and aeronaut, knows a thing or two about high-altitude derring-do. In 1999, he and a partner, Brian Jones, became the first people to circumnavigate the earth in a balloon, but it rankled Piccard that doing so required burning nearly four tons of propane gas. "The balloon flight was a personal dream, the last thing to write in the history books before the end of the 20th century," says...
...learned to cope with the restrictions, and they haven't prevented him from attaining mainstream acceptance, represented by his winning the Singapore Literary Prize in 2006. If he's proud, Wong doesn't show it. Self-deprecating and mirthful, he describes himself as lazy, living off his partner's patience and generosity. Though he cites the succinct, confessional styles of American poets Sharon Olds and Raymond Carver as his most direct influences, he feels little in common with contemporary American poetry, which he sees as solipsistic. "There's a boring sameness to it all," he says. "I wish they would...
...organizers of the conference, entitled “Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century,” said it was the first event of its kind for both the Kennedy School and the Global Leaders Forum, which is a partner of the World Economic Forum...
...finance a 186-home community and golf course. The lawsuit accuses Harvard, which is listed as a third-party defendant, of funding the loans. In court papers filed jointly with Yale and Princeton earlier this month, Harvard moved to dismiss the case because it claimed it was a limited partner. The court papers argued that the three universities had no interaction or management in the real estate development project, and had provided capital for investment in a limited partnership agreement. Accordingly, the papers argue that as a limited partner, Harvard should be protected by the Massachusetts Limited Partnership Act, which...
...Over time, people are fixed to one partner, and this really slowed down the HIV infection growth,” Halperin said. “It doesn’t take much money to make these changes happen...