Word: accounting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jarvis, a California businessman, gives an example. A clerk at a tire shop once told him he would have to pay a bill in cash. "I told him I had an account there," says Jarvis, "but the guy said he had already punched the order up as a cash sale and it would take 10 minutes to redo the whole thing in the computer. Funny thing is, if the system were mechanical, you'd simply cross out cash and write in charge. The guy said, 'Yeah, that's what we used to do.'" Such experiences have persuaded Jarvis to keep...
...News uses a different, slightly more complex, methodology in its calculations, taking into account, for instance, selectivity and the opinions of school deans...
...second reason for the proliferation of psychotherapy was on account of the admiration of its founder. By the 1940s, Sigmund Freud had become a cherished figure in American pop culture; phrases like sibling rivalry, the Oedipus complex and Freudian slips were already seamlessly woven into the vernacular. Psychotherapy seemed like an application of Freudian doctrine. No one thought it could be a perversion...
...After this initial phase of the hearings -- the "stipulation" phase -- come the subpoenas. Will we see Monica Lewinsky, Vernon Jordan, Linda Tripp and all your other favorite characters from the grand jury hearings? Will Democrats call even the elusive Mr. Starr to account for his actions? That's up to Judiciary chair Henry Hyde and ranking member John Conyers, drawing up subpoenas together or -- as is more likely -- unilaterally. Barring the release of a politically timed second Starr report, which the independent counsel says he is still mulling over, there'll be few earth-shaking developments until after the November...
...just glad that they caught it quickly.Changing your password it is a lot better thanhaving someone use your account maliciously," saidGabrielle B. Dreyfus...