Word: teller
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...tact or to better dramatic and emotional effect. There is a kind of morality -- a respect for one's tools and materials and for the intelligence of the beholder's eye -- in the craftsmanship he has deployed. It serves the interests of the tale, not the ego of the teller. In the annals of Hollywood "clout," this is almost as astonishing as the movie itself...
This move came on the heels of the council allocating $8,000 to subsidize a Penn and Teller comedy-magic concert in Sanders Theatre, also to be held during reading period...
...Rollins must wish he had kept his big mouth shut. For years the Republican campaign consultant has been known as a compulsive truth teller with a penchant for speaking his mind even when it reflected badly on the candidate he was managing. Last week Rollins set a new standard for provocative candor by boasting that his latest electoral triumph -- Christine Todd Whitman's razor-thin victory over New Jersey Governor Jim Florio -- was largely the result of a political dirty trick...
...frantic rush into funds has naturally caught the eye of politicians and regulators in Washington. Henry Gonzalez, the Texan who chairs the House Banking Committee, last month submitted a bill that would require banks to sell funds in areas separate from teller windows; Gonzalez also wants banks to require customers to sign a statement that they understand that mutual funds are not insured, thereby lending the force of law to federal guidelines already on the books. Representative Edward Markey, who chairs the finance panel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is preparing a bill to tighten standards on mutual...
...fallen into dispute. After expressly voting to suspend the by-laws in order to include absentee ballots in the election, these ballots were arbitrarily nullified in the run-off election. And these ballots made the difference in the final tally. Weeks after the issue was raised by a vote teller, the Council finally voted--they voted to do nothing at all. It is a sad commentary when the council cannot even handle elections properly--something they should know a bit about...