Word: check
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another man, tall and neatly dressed, said he lost a large check and could not afford to stay in his apartment. The story may be true, and it may not be. In either case, it protected his dignity. He was working daily through a casual labor agency, saving money to return to the mainstream of society. This is more difficult than it sounds on improper food and scant sleep. He scorned the "bag people" around him. No, he wasn't one of them...
...cadre of briefcase-toting accountants. When he recently bought a Boeing 727 jet from financially strapped Arms Dealer Adnan Khashoggi, the Sultan stunned bankers on the scene at his palace by pulling out an ordinary checkbook in a tattered plastic folder. He proceeded to pen neatly a check for $18 million, then slowly wrote down the check number, date and amount. That kind of careful record keeping may help the Sultan stretch his $30 billion fortune a little further...
Once you find your seat you can check out the scenery, especially the many banners hanging from the rafters. You can see how clean the Celtics' 1986 championship banner is. You look at the Bruins' retired numbers and wonder whether both Espo and Ray Bourque deserve to have their number "7" retired...
While in some instances the profit motive may be held in check by a strong sense of ethical responsibility, good business and good ethics rarely work in harmony; the conflict almost always remains. Did Union Carbide readily pay out millions to the families of the Bhopal disaster, despite its clear responsibility for what happened? Does the certain knowledge that cigarette smoking is unhealthy prevent tobacco companies from putting forth all sorts of spurious arguments to the contrary...
Even though it was the victim of a late Northeastern scoring drive, the Harvard secondary still held the Husky passing game in check when it was necessary. CB Don Heberle recorded nine first-hits, the best by any defensive back this year...