Word: teller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kids say the darnedest things. Why, only the other day a nine-year-old named Robert-his surname remains undisclosed-marched into a busy midtown Manhattan bank and said, "This is a holdup! Don't say a silent word!" The teller giggled-until the child leveled a silver automatic at her. "I have a gun and give me money," the boy insisted. After receiving $118, Robert smiled, said "Thanks," and ran off into history as the city's youngest bank robber...
...testing and development of the bomb. However, Oppenheimer's willingness to cooperate with other nations, coupled with his past political connections (the FBI had a comprehensive dossier describing all his affiliations with members of the Communist Party), led government hawks and Oppenheimer's former Los Alamos colleague. Edward Teller, to believe that the Father of the Atomic Bomb would be willing to put his idea up for adoption. In 1954, Oppenheimer was stripped of his security clearance...
...speak Russian well. I was careful, however, to hide any trace of an English accent so as not to be classed as an American and, hence, dangerous alien. I showed him my expired Nebraska driver's license, Omaha Public Library card, Harvard I.D., and my Cool Cash 24-hour teller card to prove my identity. He grunted knowingly upon receiving each one, convinced by the power of the color pictures and strange language that I was a Finn and in Leningrad only to drink. ("Drunk Finns" make the pilgrimage to escape Finnish liquor taxes and dry laws...
...moving toward a national financial market. Merrill Lynch, the brokerage firm, allows customers from nearly any state to write checks against their money-market accounts through an agreement with Bank One of Columbus. Holders of American Express Gold Cards will soon be able to insert the cards into automatic teller machines around the U.S. and withdraw cash from their home bank accounts. New York's Citibank plans to move its 5.8 million-customer credit card operation to South Dakota to take advantage of higher interest rates permitted there. San Francisco's Bank of America has opened branches...
Which is not to deprecate the individual performances, which are generally quite good. Ellin Merhbach is wonderful as Laurie, the lewd bank-teller; she's titillated by the vortex, but she's got enough common sense to avoid its bottom. Michael Escamilla's lazy affected drawl is the perfect voice of doom, and he fills the part of Charlie completely. Maggie Topkis, for the most part, pulls off her characterization of Carol as the tough but sensitive New York Jewish earth mother. Alex Pearson is adequate as the seductive con on the make; if he has some problems, it might...