Word: testers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...people," says Joseph Kelterborn, 44, who works for the NYNEX telephone company in New York City. His department, which installs and maintains fiber-optic networks, has been reduced from 27 people to 20 in recent years, in part by combining what were once three separate positions -- switchman, powerman and tester -- into his job of carrier switchman. As a result, says Kelterborn, he often works up to four extra hours a day and one weekend in three. "By the time I get home," he complains, "all I have time for is a shower, dinner and a little sleep; then...
...attentions of a Brazilian waitress down the street, while Biancas and Andys swapped kisses in the Dakota Rock Bar. "The T-bone steak is with French fries and Mexican beans?" demanded a Nordic athlete of an Elvis-impersonating Frenchman, while the American at the next table, a drug tester, remarked wryly, "Yes, Ben Johnson really put doping...
...closer monitoring would follow the Johnson incident at Seoul," says Dr. Robert Voy, former chief medical officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee. "But looking back today, I see that almost nothing has been done." Moreover, efforts to detect steroid use face formidable difficulties. Warns National Collegiate Athletic Association drug tester Frank Uryasz: "Drug testing in this country is in its infancy...