Word: shindler
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...when a story isn't going to work for him. He talks about himself in the third person - he'll say, 'That's not a story Casey would tell.' He has a very strong concept of who this character is that he's spent so many years creating." - Merrill Shindler, a writer for American Top 40 and Casey's Top 40, on Kasem's radio persona. (The New York Times...
...survivors or their descendants locate properties bought before the Holocaust in what was then Palestine, the government charges them a 5% "administration fee" for managing these abandoned assets through the years. Yet officials acknowledge they never looked for heirs to the property, which is now worth $35 million. Aharon Shindler heads the Ministry of Justice department newly charged with sifting through abandoned properties and bank accounts to find which owners may have died in the Holocaust. Shindler's list will be expected to be completed in the spring. A new squad of investigators being hired by the ministry will...
...comfort in knowing that the Zagat reviewers are ordinary diners who paid for their meals and had the real experience of a place, not the special treatment accorded to food critics who might be known to the chef. "Some critics sniff, Well, what does the public know?" says Merrill Shindler, who edits the Los Angeles edition of the Zagat guide. "I reply, Well, what do the critics know...
...restaurant reviews based on the opinions of thousands of ordinary foodies. Since 1979 Zagat has grown from one New York City volume to 36 editions nationally and five abroad. It is now as influential as many newspaper critics. "Some critics sniff, 'Well, what does the public know?'" says Merrill Shindler, who edits the Los Angeles guide and is himself a veteran restaurant reviewer. "I reply, 'Well, what do the critics know...