ACCOUNTING
GREETINGS FROM AMERICA STAMPS
HELLO, ETHAN
GIVE ME AN "H"
WOMEN IN SPORTS
200
'Berkshire Hathaway's 2002 annual report had assets at $169 billion & these at $104 billion'
liabilities
200
'Oops! The first catalogue showing all 50 stamps accidentally had New York twice, leaving this neighbor out'
New Jersey
200
'In Washington, D.C.'s Statuary Hall, this man represents the State of Vermont'
Ethan Allen
200
'It can be equal parts lager & stout, or milk & cream'
half & half
200
'She was the Associated Press' female athlete of the year for 1932, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950 & 1954'
(Babe Didrikson) Zaharias
400
'Uncle Sam tells business accountants that to be this, an expense must be ordinary & necessary'
deductible
400
'It was the 5th time the Post Office has released a 50-state set; the 1st was in 1976 & featured these of each state'
flags
400
'This actor named his son Ethan after a role he played in the film "The Searchers"'
John Wayne
400
'In Arizona the Navajo Indian reservation completely surrounds the one of this pueblo tribe'
the Hopi
400
'This skier's' first name really is pronounced like the children's game, though it's Indian for "shining waters"'
Picabo Street
600
'Firms are prohibited from reporting this, the "river" of money coming in, on a per-share basis'
cash flow
600
'The general designs of the stamps were based on popular ones of these from the 1930s & '40s'
postcards
600
'"Ethan Brand: A Chapter from an Abortive Romance" is a short story in this author's "Twice-Told Tales"'
Hawthorne
600
'James M. Barrie called life "a long lesson in" this'
humility
600
'Subject of the movie "Heart Like a Wheel", she retired in 2003 after more than 40 years on the racetrack'
Shirley Muldowney
800
'Accelerated & straight-line are the 2 types of this, cost allocation for a major purchase as it wears down'
depreciation
800
'Though the Ohio stamp featured Cleveland, its first day cover was released in this city'
Columbus
800
'Ethan Stiefel is one of the leading dancers with this New York City group abbreviated ABT'
the American Ballet Theatre
800
'The pituitary gland, the body's master gland, is controlled by this small area at the base of the brain'
the hypothalamus
800
'This Belgian tennis star married Pierre Hardenne in 2002 & became No. 1 in 2003'
Justine Henin-Hardenne
1000
'That shipment of tissue paper left out in the rain has to be removed from the assets account, this 2-word procedure'
written off
1000
'Details on this state's stamp include Denali'
Alaska
1000
'"The Drunken Driver Has the Right of Way" is a book of poems by this man who produced "Miller's Crossing"'
Ethan Coen
1000
'Often misused, this Greek term means the common people, or the masses'
hoi polloi
1000
'(Hi, I'm Sue Bird of the WNBA.) In 2000, 2001 & 2002 I won the Point Guard of the Year award named after this female basketball great; she's now a broadcaster'
Nancy Lieberman