Dr Kim believes in the global economy, investing in plastic surgery to slightly westernize the face will bring a return on the investment of 100 times, through more confidence, a better job and obtaining a better marital partner.

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There have been petitions in several states in opposition to marital rights and domestic partner rights for gay couples.

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Back in 2004, a veteran Bingham trusts-and-estates partner named Lawrence Silverstein prepared a marital-property agreement for the McCourts that distinguished the couple's business assets, including the then-newly acquired Dodgers baseball team, from their personal assets, in order to protect the latter from possible business creditors.

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The sacking followed a week of newspaper headlines about the Chelsea and England defender's alleged extra-marital affair with model Vanessa Perroncel, the ex-partner of England team-mate Wayne Bridge.

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