Word: totale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many businesses, acquiring customers is expensive, so holding on to them is vital. Ameritrade spent $25 million to add 50,000 new accounts in the fourth quarter last year, bringing its total to more than 200,000. That's $500 for each new account, well above the $300 that brokers usually spend to acquire new clients. Such hefty expenditures contributed to Ameritrade's loss of $11.5 million over its past two quarters...
...have uncovered more than 1,000 ancient burial sites from the time of Jesus. As a result, there is a tremendous amount of information about these funerary practices. Jesus lived, died and was buried according to the Jewish practices of the time. The Shroud of Turin is in total nonconformity with all that is known about Jewish burial practices, making it a clear case of medieval forgery. It is simply an icon, nothing more, created for the pious and faithful in the Middle Ages. JOE ZIAS Jerusalem...
...already been done on monkeys. Now brain surgeon Dr. Robert White says total body transplants could soon be done on humans. The operation, White told ABC News, involves attaching the functioning body of a brain-dead head to the functioning head of a dying body. To sort through both the benefits and problems of this pioneering procedure, we offer a simple, celebrity-friendly test drive...
...rhetoric, what will Roth's bill do? Some of the provisions, such as creating an independent appeals process for taxpayers, make good sense and cost no money. Others, like putting a time limit on failure-to-pay penalties, might play well in Peoria but will cost the administration a total of $18 billion over 10 years. Some clauses sound downright dubious: Who wants to tell the voters that the Senate just handed the IRS 40 new executives...
Although imposing, Ferrucci has always had an exquisitely soft touch with the ball in his hands. The team leader in assists and goals, Ferrucci finished in the top-20 in goals per game and was top-10 in the nation in total points with...