Word: job
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...screeching halt and broke. He looked down; in the heart of the tusk was a corroded mass of steel -- a bullet. "When I saw that, I realized," he says, caressing a figurine in his hands. "I was shocked. If I had anything else to do, I'd change my job." From that day on, he has placed the ivory section with the bullet on his family altar. "We sprinkle some water on it every day," he says, "so we can pacify the spirits of the dead elephants." Even as he speaks, there are more and more elephant spirits to placate...
...George Bush had ordered American forces to prevent Panamanian soldiers from reaching the headquarters where Manuel Noriega was bottled up, the U.S. surely had the military muscle to do the job. The 12,000 U.S. combat troops under the Southern Command far outstrip the 6,000-man Panama Defense Forces in both training and hardware. But civilian and military casualties would have been high, if only because the vital military installations are situated in downtown Panama City. As a Marine officer pointed out, "Even an M-1 rifle can kill a lot of people in a crowd...
...Budapest and a $76 cab ride across the Austrian border, they reached Vienna, where they sent relatives a postcard explaining what they had done. From Vienna, the West German embassy sent them to a transit camp near Munster in the Federal Republic, where Olaf was quickly offered a roofing job in nearby Ochtrup. He finds the money much better than his old pay -- 18 West German marks ($9.50) an hour, vs. 5.4 East German marks ($2.85 at the official exchange rate). "The materials, equipment and technology are as different as night and day," says Olaf. "Here you use cranes...
...distance of no more than four inches from Parker's ear. "I am God around here, and I am going to see to it that none of you ever gets out of here. You've got a problem with me. I am a certified psycho. I hate this job, and I hate you. I got too much responsibility for a psycho." The tirade continues. "You're in here for burglary," he shrieks at Parker. "You are stupid, you know that? I wish it had been my house. You'd be pushing daisies right now. You don't want to tick...
Braden's activities soon caught the eye of the Great Southwest Corp., which planned to develop Coto de Caza as an upscale resort community and needed a resident tennis pro to lure buyers. Offered the job, Braden accepted on the condition that the company build him a tennis college of his own design and, when that got into the black, a high-tech sports-research center. Six years after the Vic Braden Tennis College opened, in 1974, Arvida Corp., which had taken over Coto de Caza, dedicated a $1.3 million research center on the site...