Word: pursuits
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...Vinci Code's Opus Dei--a powerful, ultraconservative Roman Catholic faction riddled with sadomasochistic ritual, one of whose members commits serial murder in pursuit of a church-threatening secret--is obviously not reflective of the real-life organization (although author Dan Brown's website states the portrayal was "based on numerous books written about Opus Dei as well as on my own personal interviews"). Yet in casting the group as his heavy, Brown was as shrewd as someone setting up an innocent man for a crime. You don't choose the head of the Rotary. You single out the secretive...
...weeks ago, the Chinese government said it would allow you to visit your homeland, which you fled in 1959, if you abandoned your pursuit of independence for Tibet. But haven't you long said that you want autonomy, not independence, for Tibet...
Then Diana's brother delivered a remarkably personal and pointed tribute. He renewed the denunciation of the press's invasive pursuit of his sister that he had first uttered after learning of Diana's death: "I don't think she ever understood why her genuinely good intentions were sneered at by the media, why there appeared to be a permanent quest on their behalf to bring her down. It is baffling. My own, and only, explanation is that genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum." The earl said there is no need...
...French wine and cheese on a plane to Paris. Best way for a guy/girl to get your attention: Colorize my life, cause I’m so sick of black and white. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Somewhere drinking several glasses of red wine in pursuit of cardiovascular health. First thing you notice about a guy: Whether he laughs at my jokes. Your best pick-up line: “Oh baby when you talk like that / you make a woman go mad / you know my hips don’t lie / don?...
...fund manager worth his bonus wanted to park money in low-yielding money-market accounts. Stocks, for most investors, were the only game in town. The rise of hedge funds, which seek to earn high returns for wealthy investors in return for stiff fees, added to the pursuit of fat payoffs in markets all over the globe. Indeed, a flood of foreign institutional demand for stocks is one of the primary reasons why markets in countries like Japan and India have performed so well...