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Random House has come up touting its treatment of entries like gal and girl , as in Gal Friday, I'll get my girl (`secretary') to type up this letter right away . The treatment is good and it might be unique among the desk/college dictionaries--I don't waste my time checking such trivia--but it is a shame to see publishers relying on such undignified approaches.
My Brother reads a little like a lyrical mystery novel: It's clear from the very first sentence that Drew is going to die, and what follows is Kincaid's attempt to figure out what led to such a waste of a life.
("" sums up the millennium coverage from around the globe, and "" examines whether the Y2K preparations were a waste.)
5 percent sulfur coal, >95 percent SO2 removal) was able to significantly reduce space requirements while also decreasing cost by about one-half and creating no new waste streams.
OSI also utilizes GAO's FraudNET, an automated system that affords the public an opportunity to report allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement of federal funds.