Word: disconnecter
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...pocket the money and then cut their work force or defect to a new location. New York City knows the feeling only too well. In a case that still rankles, it handed AT&T $20 million in tax relief in the 1980s, only to see the phone company later disconnect and move most of its corporate staff to New Jersey. Still, the city is frenetically defending its turf with handouts, especially to financial companies such as CS First Boston...
There are hints, however, that Jones and Tigar may be working at cross purposes. In a press conference at which he waved hand-lettered posters to make a striking picture for the TV cameras, Tigar sought mainly to disconnect Nichols from many of the events in the indictment. One sign proclaimed TERRY NICHOLS WASN'T THERE--"there" being the scene of the bombing. Another sign insisted that Nichols was out of the country when McVeigh and Fortier allegedly cased the Murrah building in December. That strategy, whatever it does for Nichols, will not be any great help to Jones...
...interests." He adds, "The consumer groups have worked hard on this, but they are soft voices compared to the screaming of the people for hire." The consumers, in the end, have an important opportunity for revenge. If they are angry when ballot time comes, they can always elect to disconnect...
...three times a week." In the Chicago study, 54% of the men say they think about sex every day or several times a day. By contrast, 67% of the women say they think about it only a few times a week or a few times a month. The disconnect is even greater when the subject turns to forced sex. According to the report, 22% of women say they have been forced to do sexual things they didn't want to, usually by someone they loved. But only 3% of men admit to ever forcing themselves on women. Apparently...
...young woman sat at my computer and fiddled with my system files while I sat and read voraciously for my classes (right!). Twenty minutes later, she rose from a cloud of dust and electrons to announce that my computer was fixed. The solution? Disconnect my sound card...