And globalization will strengthen, not sunder, this relationship, possibly even winning new paramours for the outfit along the way.

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And local folklore is replete with accounts of editors pulling recalcitrant writers from the arms of their paramours and settling their bills.

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There have been lots of stories about people who've been defrauded by their online paramours, even a couple of Internet dating sites are in trouble for alleged false advertising.

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And he was ruthlessly protective of the brand, using his own paramours and children to play his compositions, acting as his own soundman and marketing his recordings only through Stockhausen Verlag, at sky-high prices.

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The cyberstalking habit extends beyond just current paramours.

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In an effort to capitalize on the burgeoning number of social media users and the third largest retail holiday in the U.S., luxury jewelry labels have employed highly-produced Facebook applications to interact with online paramours.

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What was more striking than the fact that kids had used roses, t-shirts, even a turtle to ask their paramours to the dance was that the planning and execution of some of these proposals were months long in the making.

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Anybody worried that the movie will objectify women should be reassured by the actresses hired to play his paramours, who are, for the most part, far more in command of their bodies and souls than Zahedi can ever hope to be.

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