Word: guyness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...find your own ATM machine? "These machines are an extraordinary convenience," says Kadlec, "and if you're desperate for cash, a $1.50 charge is really insubstantial." Still, to many it seems like too much to pay. "It's hard to know who's the good guy and who's the bad guy in this situation," says TIME business writer John Greenwald. "On the one hand, these systems cost the banks money that they have a right to recoup. On the other hand, it's galling to consumers to be charged every time they use a machine." It doesn't help...
...Artist] is a cool guy to chat with: funny, insightful and, except for the fact that he's a musical genius, a regular guy. Truth is, he puts on his bell-bottom, glittery blue stretch pants one leg at a time, just like the rest of us. But his perspective on the world is like his music--constantly surprising. For example, a few minutes into the conversation, an insanely beautiful woman enters the suite and cuddles up in [The Artist]'s lap. It's Mayte, [The Artist]'s wife. Only she's kind of also not really his wife, because...
...case of Real, I didn't know--and that's where Glaser's company stepped over the line. It was especially shocking to me since a) I've been recommending Jukebox to lots of people and b) I've always considered Glaser to be an extraordinarily ethical guy...
...workers or strangers) have fallen from 1,074 in 1993 to 709 in 1998--largely because of the drop in violent crimes like convenience-store robberies. And accidental deaths on the job are down as fewer Americans are employed in such dangerous occupations as mining and heavy manufacturing. Says Guy Toscano, a program manager for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: "Being at work is safer than being out in the general population...
...between the group's arrival and the time it is issued BTUs (Basic Training Uniforms) creates something of a hierarchy around the Reception Battalion.? Newbies start in civilian hair, civilian shoes and those ill-fitting sweats; as one more-veteran private put it to us, "Everybody loves the new guy."? (Love supposedly equals yelling and push-ups.)? Over the past few days we have shed the shoes, the hair, the wide-eyed look; now we want the camouflage, both literally and figuratively...