Word: controller
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...rallying cry is being taken up by federal and state legislators who feel that the problems caused by direct mail are multiplying out of control. A key concern is the alleged threat to individual privacy, which many fear is infringed upon by the direct marketers' aggressive collecting of trade information about the finances and spending habits of potential customers. Democratic Congressman Charles Schumer of New York plans to resubmit a bill to Congress next year that aims to prohibit the use of credit information for marketing purposes. At present, many credit agencies tap into sensitive data to compile lists that...
...under Noriega, continue to flourish. More than 13,000 lbs. of cocaine -- worth $153 million wholesale in the U.S. -- have been seized since January. "One can only surmise that if this much is being seized, a lot more is moving," says Hinton. At the same time, U.S. attempts to control money laundering have been stymied by Panama's banking laws, which remain unchanged since Noriega's days. Washington is eager to negotiate a treaty that would give American investigators access to secret accounts when they suspect criminal activity. But Endara's associates claim this would destroy the banking industry...
...what she does best: preaching the gospel of change. "It's time to stop treating police officers as automatons," Elizabeth Watson declares to 40 impassive police sergeants, the middle managers of her department, all but a handful of them men. "None of us want to go back to the control-oriented, negative-discipline sort of time." There are a few nods as Watson, a forceful speaker, reminds them of the days when the informal police motto was "Nobody ever got fired for doing nothing." All grist for her message: Watson is committed to the citywide adoption of Neighborhood Oriented Policing...
...conquered, it is widely viewed as a manageable, albeit serious, affliction. People with diabetes talk about living with their illness, not dying from it. To prove the point, they resolutely lead active and productive lives. Later, however, many will discover that this insidious disease has mocked their efforts to control it. Like a dormant volcano, diabetes can feign slumber for many years, only to erupt with sudden savagery...
Consider the case of Arthur Hettler III, a once energetic high school principal from San Antonio. At first Hettler thought he had just a mild case of diabetes. He required no medication to control the excess blood sugar caused by the disease; instead, he watched his diet as carefully as he could. Then, two summers ago, Hettler strolled barefoot across some sun-scorched pavement and blistered his feet. Ominously, the blisters on his right foot refused to heal. A few months later the foot was so badly infected that it had to be amputated. Shortly before Christmas, Hettler, 47, suffered...