Word: proprietor
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...schoolteacher Denise Williams says she "came here a little skeptical," but soon was caught up in the fervor. "There was a lovely feeling of warmth and peace." Secretary Jo Luzquinos "felt as though I had chains around my wrists, and I prayed for release." Says Andy Bush, a bookshop proprietor: "If this experience means a deeper love for God, and therefore others, then it is a good thing...
...staff Josh Steiner and Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman (then acting head of the RTC) to inquire angrily about the appointment of former Republican U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens -- a harsh Clinton critic -- to assist in the RTC investigation of Madison Guaranty, a failed Arkansas savings and loan whose proprietor had been a Clinton business partner and fund raiser. Officials familiar with those calls told investigators that Stephanopoulos asked whether Stephens could be dismissed. Stephanopoulos later explained that he was "just blowing off steam" and had no intent to interfere with the investigation. But other Clinton advisers told reporters in March...
...fact that it is set on private property. It was built in 1934 at the will of Sir John Christie, the scion of a rich, ancient family, who saw it as a showcase for the talents of his new wife, lyric soprano Audrey Mildmay. The current proprietor, John's son George, makes his home right next to what could be called the family store...
...favorite subjects, the tragedy (or comedy) of the self-deluded rebel, Kempton dryly sums up another progressive hero: "Paul Robeson's was a career whose rise and fall were both tethered to his identity as a man of conspicuous color." Kempton's asperity can be hilarious. Of the proprietor of Umbertos Clam House in New York's Little Italy, he writes, "Matthew Ianniello has been lost to Mulberry Street and on long-term lease to the federal prison system since 1986, and where are the scungilli of yesteryear...
...Rock, Wyoming, is the end of the line for Michael (Nicolas Cage). And it's not exactly a job hunter's paradise. But when Michael stops in the local bar looking for a little vocational guidance, he is astonished to discover that he's just the man the proprietor is looking for. Wayne (J.T. Walsh) needs somebody to bump off his wife. As it turns out, Wayne is just a little too eager to fill this vacancy, for he violates the most basic rule of personnel placement: always check a prospective employee's references...