Word: assets
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...their casual contempt. When a movie star (Melanie Griffith) grants him a sexual favor, it's one of those once-in-a-lifetime benisons queens sometimes bestow on a lucky serf, not the beginning of a relationship. When a supermodel (Charlize Theron) catches a glimpse of his only glamorous asset, a classic Aston Martin sports car, she thinks its owner may do as an escort for a night on the town, but her attention keeps wandering...
However, living situations can aggravate the feeling of inactivity. Megdanis, who is in a blocking group with several other runners, admits it is tough to live with healthy teammates, though she feels it is also a definite asset...
...European currencies, and is used to buy and sell nearly half the world's exports. That's about to change. "There will be a reallocation, because the dollar is currently overused with respect to the size of the American economy," says Bruno Leresche, head of asset management at Paribas, a leading French investment bank...
...leaders fear that an overvalued euro could hinder their exports, while higher interest rates and slower growth in the U.S. would deprive the world economy of its most dynamic engine. "We all need to see the U.S. growing," says Jean-Pierre Hellebuyck, European equity strategist at insurance group AXA Asset Management. "Europeans can't afford to see the collapse of the dollar...
...Weston, the writer on the WB series Felicity who was fired when it was learned she was 32 years old instead of 19, as she had claimed. As a supposed teenager--judging from pictures, she could pass as Winona Ryder's sprightlier kid sister--she was considered a special asset on a show about a college student. Her angry bosses, sounding like defensive Republicans explaining impeachment, said it was the falsehood that troubled them, not the fact that Weston was in reality old enough to be the title character's mother (in some places, anyway). Her defense: she began lying...