Word: agent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Windows 95 users will find a defragmentation program in the System Tools folder. Better yet, the Microsoft Plus! Pack adds System Agent, which can automatically tune up your hard disk at a scheduled interval...
...vestiges of the pre-perestroika era remained on Saturday. Upon check-in, you were issued an index card that was either pink and read EXAM in Magic Marker or was purple and tagged COLLECTION. Then, despite the fact that the place was crawling with agents, you were directed to wait your turn in a row of empty chairs. When your name was called, you were passed through a metal detector and ferried upstairs to an undecorated 6-by-6 cubicle. There you met the agent who would pore over dot-matrix printouts of your financial woes...
David Costa, a 50-year-old construction worker who has been fighting the IRS since 1988 over the $29,291 in back taxes he owes, sat down with agent Peter Salinger. "I watch C-SPAN," said Costa by way of introduction, "so I'm really afraid of you guys." Salinger spoke with Costa for 45 minutes, patiently answering his questions and offering help in the form of cheery phrases, such as "This is a new form they came out with in January" and "There's a form to fill out for that--I believe it's 83-79." Through...
...hype, and all the anti-IRS hysteria, only 5,000 taxpayers nationwide called in advance for appointments, and there were not a lot of drop-bys. Perhaps more will come in April. For now, however, it seems the generous offer to spend your Saturday with an IRS agent doesn't hold that much appeal...
...Over the summer, Pippen's name repeatedly surfaced in trade rumors, and the Bulls had hoped to use him to rebuild without sacrificing their title chances. But a deal with the Celtics fell through, and Pippen, a free agent next season, was thought to be returning to Chicago for another run at extending the Jordan dynasty...