Strong, who's married, has acknowledged having a physical relationship with Wright after helping her launch her Pure Vida fitness studio by co-signing for her lease and loaning money that was repaid with interest.

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By 1981, after changing hands several times and coming under a co-op ownership, the lease was taken over by Four Seasons (which, too, kept the Pierre name).

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Takia Walker, 29, had co-signed the vehicle's lease, acquired the car under false pretense and allowed another person who wasn't insured to drive it, the official said.

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Under the deal, the Channel Tunnel operator will buy three SeaFrance ferries and lease them to a workers' co-operative, restoring 560 jobs.

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Farm co-operatives, once a bastion of the platteland, have also gained a new lease on life.

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