Word: accountants
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...MENCKEN would have enjoyed No Big Deal: certainly in the strangled locutions of Fidrych he would have had dozens of entries for his Dictionary of the American Language. Tom Clark spent five days interviewing Fidrych and the product is this engaging, somewhat sophomoric account of the player's short career. Clark organized the narrative with some witty captions, which are an incongruously deadpan contrast to Fidrych's fractured lingo...
...that he could identify the killers of Teamster Boss Jimmy Hoffa. Missing for two years, Hoffa presumably was rubbed out by members of the Genovese family for disrupting lucrative deals it had developed with the Teamsters since 1967. Gallina informed the Feds that he had hidden a tape-recorded account of the killing that included the voices of mobsters who had a hand in it. He said Hoffa's body could be found from information on the tape...
...most important projects affecting the economy since the Inauguration. While Schultze has been urging tax cuts, those two programs will hit the economy with a double whammy of multibillion-dollar tax hikes that may halt growth. Officials concede the economic impact of some programs was not sufficiently taken into account but add that only the President can weigh the social as well as economic factors in a decision...
...chosen to devote his life to understanding the human psyche, something that cannot ever be fully understood. Yet his statements have a broader significance for the audience, challenging each individual to justify his existence. As Dysart quotes the young Strang, paying homage to the portrait of a horse: "Account for me, Equus...
...less attractive details from Reilly's life are somewhat glossed over or romanticized in Connery's book. Connery gives an explicitly detailed account of his mother's bizarre lifestyle, but he gives Reilly, in cases, more credit than he actually deserved, by failing to back up illogical claims. Connery tried to depict Reilly as exceptionally intelligent, when he apparently was not. Reilly had so little self-confidence that the police easily brainwashed him into confessing. Connery glosses over this tragic weakness in Reilly's character...