1.   Now a definitive agreement has been signed, with each founding partner taking an equal stake in the new venture.

2.   An economics professor, she has so far resisted the blandishments of her roguish father, the founding partner Cedric Ross, to join the firm.

3.   And John Muse, a founding partner, is moving to London to pursue European acquisitions.

4.   Asked to name the greatest influence on their practice, the founding partners do not cite a master architect or planner.

5.   Adding spice to this battle is the presence of Jerome Kohlberg, founding partner of the company closing the plant.

6.   But the damage done to the bank accounts and professional reputations of the founding partners does not seem to have dissolved the glue that binds them to Meriwether.

7.   However, having six large airlines as founding partners could give Hotwire an edge in obtaining more and better seats to sell, Fuchs said.

8.   In his view, his friend David Geffen, a founding partner of Dreamworks SKG, has a vast fortune.

9.   It has invited KKR founding partner Henry Kravis to join its board, but said Kravis is unsure.

10.   May, the founding partner, said he knows he will one day be ready to rebuild, but not yet.