Word: checker
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...thought I had my very first unqualified success when Lia, the QuincyHouse checker stopped me in the lunch line and said, “Honey, I saw your picture in the paper today!” That is, until she followed up with “Hi Dave!” This is particularly odd because I’m fairly certain that Lia has addressed me by my proper name before, or at least something vaguely approximating it. I’ve attributed the miscue to the pollack, which was on the lunch menu that day and has sometimes...
...bull--from your business writing, that is. Don't even try to "leverage synergies" or "incentivize" employees if you're using Deloitte Consulting's new Bullfighter software, designed to make business documents more readable. Bullfighter works like a spell checker in either Microsoft Word or PowerPoint and assigns documents a score based on sentence complexity and the use of some 350 "bullwords." Using Bullfighter, Deloitte found that among companies in the Dow Jones industrials, those that spoke plainly in shareholder letters and other communications outperformed those that loaded up on jargon. Bullfighter is available free...
When dining hall checker Domna Antoniou reprimanded Kazen for illegal advertising, he explained that without the sign, no one would know...
...opted for an Xtreme Mac case in simple black leather. (It's also available in blue denim, camouflage cloth, London plaid, even a butterscotch checker pattern.) I liked the easy access to the player's controls, the extra-secure belt clip and the Mylar inside cover that enabled me to clearly see the display. Xtreme Mac offers its case in three different "bundles," with the basic version retailing for $40 and an "essentials package"--including a lanyard, two swivel mounts and a car charger--for $20 more...
Philip R. Fenstermacher, a security guard and door checker at Littauer Library, agrees that lower-level benefits are insufficient. “Taking English is important, but it isn’t as important as being able to pay the rent,” he says...