Word: racketeering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...with the little bar magnets that arthritis sufferers sometimes wrap around their wrists or attach to their backs. Instead rTMS relies on sophisticated electromagnets similar to the ones used in MRI scanners, but these are small enough to hold in your hand and don't make all that racket...
...York City residents make about 41,000 calls to 311 every day. The largest complaint? Noise. That may not seem surprising for big-city life, but what 311 revealed was that the biggest racket came from construction sites and barking dogs--not bars and restaurants, as neighborhood groups had always led the city to believe. "311 democratizes the system," says Charles Sturcken of the city's department of environmental protection, which monitors 18 categories of noise. One result is a new noise-control bill making its way through the city council that would rework regulations on everything from car alarms...
...Braden has a special talent, and it's driving him nuts. Braden, a well-known tennis coach, can tell when a player is about to double-fault before the tennis racket even meets the ball. He doesn't know how; it just comes to him in a flash. One year he watched the tournament at Indian Wells and called 16 out of 17 double faults before they happened. This freaks him out. "What did I see?" Braden wonders. "I would lie in bed thinking, 'How did I do this? I don't know.' It drove me crazy...
...Under FFEL the federal government subsidizes banks and other private companies to serve as intermediary actors, ensuring that they receive a baseline interest rate return and covering all default risks. Companies that get in on this sweet deal make out like bandits. Sallie Mae, the biggest player in this racket, is the second most profitable company in the Fortune 500, earning a pretty 36.9 percent return on revenues...
John Gordon, the new hire as men’s golf coach, spent three years at the helm of the BC tennis program, before trading in his racket for a set of clubs...