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...become in many cases a considered political act, burdened with overtones and conflicting meanings greater than Old Glory was ever meant to bear. In the tug of war for the nation's will and soul, the flag has somehow become the symbolic rope... Some, mostly the defiant young, blow their noses on it, sleep in it, set it afire, or wear it to patch the seat of their trousers. In response, others wave it with defensive pride, crack skulls in its name, and fly it from their garbage trucks, police cars and skyscraper scaffolds. In pride...
When WorldCom became the latest big stock to blow up, I called my most trusted sources among money managers to ask how an individual investor can avoid buying such a bomb. The most common answer I got startled even an old cynic like me: We can't talk right now; we're too busy trying to unload our WorldCom shares. So don't feel foolish if you have been whacked. A lot of "smart money" has too. And there's plenty you can do to minimize your odds of owning the next disaster. Here...
...Frederick, Md., apartment and Ocala, Fla., storage facility of Steven Hatfill, 48, a biodefense scientist who seems to match Rosenberg's profile. According to former colleagues, Hatfill has been vaccinated for anthrax, worked for the Army institute from 1997 to '99, and last summer--in a potentially fatal blow to his career--lost his government security clearance. Moreover, in 1999 Hatfill commissioned a study of a hypothetical terrorist attack in which anthrax is sent through the mail. He has another odd link to the case: the anthrax-filled letters sent to Senators Patrick Leahy and Tom Daschle had the same...
...wanted her devoted to him," says a friend. She wanted a divorce and was adamant about it. But on June 3, according to a friend of Terry's, John refused to leave. He dug in for the next four days. On June 7, an exasperated Terry put toiletries, a blow-dryer and clothes in a backpack and headed for a co-worker's home...
...Shirley Kennedy, 52, speaks for many patients when she swears by her botox shots. For 30 years, she says, she suffered from migraines so severe that she felt "as if every hair on my head was about to blow off." That has all changed. "Botox was a lifesaver," she says. "I no longer have migraines." She probably has fewer wrinkles too. --With reporting by Miriam C. Falco/Atlanta...