Word: plum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Women like Emily and Irma live by shibboleths learned in early youth: sleep with no woman and damn few men; he who rides a tiger must never get off; and, as the title indicates, he who sees the last blossom on the plum tree must pick it. Shakespeare was more succinct: ripeness is all, and so it proves with Emily. After meeting Carlo's ancient father, she is momentarily ( transformed into a radiant ideal: "beautiful, charming, intelligent, loving, and the perfect future Principessa Pontevecchio." Irma is another matter: abandoned by Charlie, she becomes one more foolish dowager...
Renault, the French automaker, rents a village for nine weeks each year so that 17,000 of its workers can stay for a few days or more. France's Total, a petroleum refiner and marketer, takes about 650 people a year to a Club Med as a plum for good performance. Says Philippe Morot, a Total executive: "It is remarkable what work gas-station managers will do to win." Other corporate clients have included Japan's Sony and Nikon, as well as Harley-Davidson and Pizza Hut from the U.S. Trigano plans to step up efforts to attract American companies...
Traditionally, the children of Chinese leaders have received the best schooling, landed plum jobs and even escaped punishment for criminal behavior. Such favoritism has created widespread bitterness. Two months ago, Politburo Member Hu Qili warned officials and their wayward offspring that the government was prepared to "kill one to teach 100" a lesson. Last week the People's Daily, China's official newspaper, drove home the meaning of the Shanghai trial: "Among the six criminals, some are workers, some are cadres and some are children of high-ranking officials. The court's solemn conviction strongly demonstrates the principle that everyone...
...Plum of an Idea...
...what does the East Cambridge lawmaker want to do with the overpass? Give the land to local residents interested in growing plum tomato plants...