Word: accountants
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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However, Adams says that her father's profession cannot entirely account for her attraction to writing. Still, "it could account for my inability to learn Spanish," she quips...
...Force case doesn't suggest the story of a girl who lost her heart to a cad; its account is of an officer and a vixen. The setting is made for mischief--the cold prairie city of Minot, where all winter long the blizzards howl maddeningly across the frozen North Dakota plains. More people moved out of North Dakota than any other state in the country, according to a survey by Allied Van Lines last year. It's so cold in the winter that the funeral homes stockpile bodies in special warehouses and wait until the earth thaws...
...almost hear Garcia Marquez asking, Who? What? Where? When? and Why? on every minutely detailed page of this factual account of political kidnappings orchestrated by Escobar. The writer's respondents are mainly the survivors of a group of prominent residents of Bogota whom the drug lord held hostage during 1990 and 1991. Then the target of a relentless manhunt, he used the captives as bargaining chips. The negotiations eventually led to releases and a surrender agreement with a no-extradition clause and a luxurious protective-custody package for Escobar, his family and his business associates...
...minutes in over-the-air yakking, a basic plan with few bells and whistles should be adequate. And the choice between digital and analog? "For most people, analog works fine," says Ken Woo, a communications manager for AT&T. "It's pure telephone." But for business customers, who account for roughly half of all wireless usage, PCS services such as E-mail may look particularly appealing...
...also evaluate their performances. "Sandy is like a video camera," says Robinson, "observing me, saying 'O.K., this is working really well' or 'If you move your arms down to the side, you'll look more open and the kids will want to approach you.'" Luebbe listened to Robinson's account of her ordeal and, referring to little colored bars used to convey the concept of fractions, said, "Manipulatives. You have to use manipulatives so they can do hands-on work to understand what you're teaching...