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...preceding week had already seen such huge waves of panic selling that Police Commissioner Grover Whalen stationed an extra 500 cops on the increasingly rowdy streets of New York City's financial district. On Oct. 29, the panic that had possessed speculators and individuals was joined at the opening bell by traders for giant institutions. Blue chips like Standard Oil and Westinghouse gapped lower on massive trading volume. On a whim, a messenger bid for 100 shares of White Sewing Machine at $1--and in the absence of any other buyers, got it. The stock had been as high...
...carefully scripted blueprint--to begin the attack with a rapid push of ground troops, followed by a massive air assault designed to "shock and awe" the enemy into submission. That plan was pre-empted because of an intelligence bonanza that could have delivered the knockout punch before the opening bell. Acting on fresh information that came in hours before the deadline the U.S. President had set for Saddam to give up power, George W. Bush ordered U.S. forces to strike the Baghdad bunker where Saddam was believed to be sleeping. Just before dawn Thursday, three dozen Tomahawk missiles outfitted with...
Mother Earth is rung by someone standing inside of it and swinging its pendulum, while the smaller bells are controlled by a series of wires connected to each bell...
...What we do is usually improvised,” former bell ringer Alex J. Healy ’02 said. “With practice you get used to the scales and setup...
...hoping to establish a program of bell-ringer exchange and develop a tradition of the sacred sound,” she said...