Word: scorecard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kesselman was finally run to ground in Waikiki several weeks ago, thanks to a computer program called Scorecard. The invention of Ron Wutrich, 28, a self- taught computer analyst for the Marshals Service, Scorecard is one of a new breed of investigative tools that promise to revolutionize the way authorities hunt down fugitives from justice. U.S. officials say Wutrich and Scorecard are the heroes of an international manhunt, disclosed last week by Attorney General Edwin Meese, that has resulted in the arrest of 210 people, including 166 top-priority narcotics traffickers...
...Safir surveyed U.S. Attorneys and Drug Enforcement Administration offices around the country, put together a list of some 700 most wanted suspects and had WANT field teams in place by March 1. The basics -- shoe leather, hunches and luck -- played their part, but what made the operation click was Scorecard, an electronic indexing system that Wutrich put together in just two months. "It's the thinking man's search," says John Pascucci, the WANT project manager...
...nonchalant it on the greens. The game most of them play combines croquet with tiddledywinks. But they know the rules. Alerted by the whistle blowers, P.G.A. tour officials penalized Stadler two strokes for innocently "building a stance" with his flat towel and then disqualified him entirely because the scorecard he had signed the day before was now incorrect. Some might say the punishment fit the crime no better than the pants fit the criminal, but when did the rub of the green ever have anything to do with grass stains...
...breakup of the Bell System in 1983 contributed to the decline of Western civilization. The split of old reliable Ma Bell into seven regional operating companies left many customers convinced that they were worse off, even though long-distance competition has brought better rates. Indeed, according to a scorecard published in November by Communications Week, local service and repair are now fairly inconsistent across the U.S. The trade publication gave the top grade of A-minus to Ameritech, which serves Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan. The lowest grade of C-plus went to Southwestern Bell (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma...
Reporters and commentators rush to file colorful accounts and declare a victor. The medium encourages these ringside judges to base their scoring on poise, appearance, tone, and rhetorical coups. According to the traditional scorecard, the candidates' make-up men and wardrobe consultants generally prove more critical than their policy advisers...