ean, mean, and mean —for the third issue of Olive, I originally thought I would toss in a word that was an adjective as well as a noun and a verb. Until I remembered (and googled) what other people (more literary than I) had to say about adjectives.
Harper Lee: Atticus told me to delete the adjective and I’d have the fact.
Mark Twain: When you catch an adjective, kill it.
Voltaire: The adjective is the enemy of the noun.
Please note there are no adjectives in Latin! They are declined like nouns.
hile the topic of family business has recently received attention, just a few decades ago only a handful of organisations recognised the importance of multigenerational family-owned firms.
he family enterprise, whether an operating business, a family office, or both, is the backbone of the US and international economies. These enterprises cut across industries and geographies and can be first-generation entrepreneurial companies or multi-generational businesses with family offices. This book offers a foundation in and understanding of how family enterprises work, including working definitions and the key characteristics of family enterprises, as well as useful concepts for working with and in family enterprises, either as a professional or as a family member.
I was not one
Laughing critics, relaxed musical forms
Till death do us part – I’m left behind, for now
I would never have to stop.
But it’s hard to find the dance floor and someone who can lead you well enough so that
You don’t have to learn the steps all by yourself.
graphically remember my grandparents, and after their deaths my parents, starting hundreds of sentences with the words “when I was your age…”
Of course, that time honored phrase could be the introduction to facts such as…
