Word: account
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Confession is a religious ritual and a literary device, a point that John Gregory Dunne has illustrated a number of times during his career as a U.S. journalist and novelist. For example, Vegas (1974) was an unflattering, candid account of a bad time in the author's life, an on-the-road book that played personal problems against the city that passes for Sodom, U.S.A...
...some banks try to trick their customers. "Look at this!" he'll occasionally shout at me over the phone, as if I could see the checks he's waving. "They look just like regular checks! They've got my name and address preprinted on them, and my account number in magnetic ink at the bottom...
...they come from the bank that issues my credit card, and it's my credit card account number at the bottom of the check...
...First," said Joey, "I called to be sure I'd really get frequent-flyer mileage if I used these checks. ((Usually with the checks you don't.)) They | said yes. Then I made sure my account balance was zero: I paid all my outstanding charges and quit using the card. ((He switched to his United Airlines Visa.)) Then I took one of the checks they sent me, made it out to myself for $10,000 and deposited it in my bank. So I was borrowing $10,000 from MasterCard. ((He has a big credit line.)) But at the same time...
...factions, each with its own agenda, have claimed responsibility for one or more kidnapings since the wave of terrorism began seven years ago. In the end, the particular interests of these small and shadowy groups that operate under the loose umbrella of Hizballah will have to be taken into account...