Word: zaniness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Mike Zani, 33, a private equity investor and former professional sailor from Dallas, has met many of his closest friends through sailing, including several women. "Sharing that lifestyle really brings people together," he says. "In a sailing race, it doesn't matter if you get beaten by a female skipper. You treat that boat like any other boat...
...Zani met Louise Gleason while competing against her college sailing team. Several years later, he was her coach for the 1996 Olympics. The two lived in the same house and spent long, intense hours training side by side. Today he considers Gleason, 32, a physical therapist from Miami, one of his best friends. "Louise is the kind of person I'll call if I have a personal problem or joy and, at the same time, someone I like to go have a beer with," Zani says. "My sister died when I was 15, and in certain respects Louise fills that...
...Sept. 6, when Zani gets married at his bride's family farm in Monticello, Ky., Gleason will be right by his side, along with seven groomsmen and the best man. Although she'll wear a dress to match the bridesmaids', her role is different: she'll be the groomswoman...
...historic to have you here," a slightly overwhelmed Chief Mohammedu Baba, the 14th generation of his family to hold the title, told Clinton. "Nothing like this has happened here!" Clinton delighted in the cream "babun riga" robe the village gave to him, and the "zani" wrapped skirt daughter Chelsea received, and modeled, in the village's crowded market square. The village named him "Danmasani Ushhafa" - meaning the most knowledgeable man in the village (a title not bestowed on Vice President Dan Quayle during his 1991 visit to the same place). "I came to Nigeria to express the support...