Word: lostness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...greed lost its lure in Hollywood? Is wearing scrubs and working with chest paddles so onerous? Do television stars really still believe they can be successful in the movies? These were among the disquieting questions raised last week when JULIANNA MARGULIES rebuffed a $27 million offer to remain on ER for two more seasons. After six years of playing nurse Carol Hathaway, Margulies is intent on pursuing her film career. "We wish her well and know that she will be successful in all her endeavors," said ER executive producer John Wells. Perhaps Wells hasn't seen The Newton Boys, Margulies...
...Aliens aren't our job," says Chief Benedict wearily. Yet much of his time is spent picking up lost strangers on the reservation and turning them over to the border patrol. He points out a dozen regular drop-off points, like old marinas and abandoned houses. For several days last week, he was on the alert for Hussein Fayid, an accused Lebanese murderer and reputed Hizballah money mover. Authorities traced Fayid through Toronto. Just outside the Mohawk reservation, he slipped away...
...easiest way to America? That's simple," says Dick Ashlaw, who runs the U.S. border patrol in the region. "Go to the McDonald's in Cornwall, Canada, take a seat and look lost. It takes about 10 minutes. Someone will tap you on the shoulder. And from there it's into the reservation and a three-minute boat ride to the United States." The going price is $500. Those who don't arrive with the aid of smugglers simply walk off the reservation and catch a Trailways bus. The local bus stop is the Big M Market in Massena...
...likely to pass Go and collect $200,000. Most claims have to do with a final paycheck you never received, a lost dividend check, a forgotten surplus at your health club. The typical claim paid is less than $1,000. Still, 1 person in 10 owns assets he or she doesn't know about, and if you have moved frequently, your odds are considerably better...
...much unclaimed property is out there? It's a huge number. States currently hold about $16 billion. Estimates of federal holdings--lost IRS refunds, undeliverable Social Security checks--run as high as $25 billion. Corporations that fail to remit assets to the states may hold an additional $100 billion. Funds lying dormant in state, federal and private retirement accounts and in group-life-insurance policies could total a staggering $1 trillion. Chew on that if, in your personal spending, you think little expenses...