"Paris in Love" (Random House, $26) For Eloisa James, a Paris sabbatical is something like recompense for losing one of her breasts to cancer, a misfortune she treats comically, praising her new fake breast for being "so pneumatic and round".
I expect that I'll receive no recompense for the lost time and money, but maybe I can steer other from a similar fate: Be wary in your dealings with Amazon.
Former HealthSouth investors sued him seeking recompense for money lost due to the fraud of which Scrushy was convicted in 2005.
You fight the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for recompense for Alex for losing his mother in horrible circumstances and the loss of her love and parenting skills for the 15 years until he is 18.
Liberum said: Capita's third quarter reaffirms full year guidance and seeks to reassure over the velocity of bids entering the bid pipeline to recompense for the recent lost Probation opportunity.
Pastoralists consider crop residues as a recompense for the fodder lost when rangelands are cleared for cultivation by farmers.
As part of the deal, John offered to surrender the Kingdom of England to the papacy for a feudal service of 1,000 marks (equivalent to £666 at the time) annually: 700 marks (£466) for England and 300 marks (£200) for Ireland, as well as recompensing the church for revenue lost during the crisis.
But even if he does, we shouldn't delude ourselves: whatever credibility we may gain by invading Iraq is small recompense for the trust we have lost around the world.
This sop to excessive materialism will be a scant recompense for the $11 billion Harvard's endowment managers lost in their own bad gamble on interest-rate swaps.
Donors expected recompense for their past support.
