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...reporter at the Wall Street Journal, was on the subway on his way to work immediately after the crashes had occurred. Listening to music on his MP3 player, he wasn’t paying attention to the large numbers of people standing around as he swiped his card. Only when he and the other passengers were evacuated from the Chambers Streeet stop did Fowler learn of the tragedy, one stop away from the WTC on the E train...
...holding room: National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice needed to speak to him. But he soon appeared in the classroom and listened appreciatively as the children went through their reading drill. As he was getting ready to pose for pictures with the teachers and kids, chief of staff Andy Card entered the room, walked over to the President and whispered in his right ear. The President's face became visibly tense and serious. He nodded. Card left and for several minutes the President seemed distracted and somber, but then he resumed his interaction with the class. "Really good readers, whew...
...seek to settle a Clinton-administration suit against the tobacco industry, which donated millions to the GOP in the last election cycle. The administration should not send corporations the signal that a strong lobby or a change in the political winds can buy a get-out-of-jail-free card. The concern that the government’s decision might have been politically motivated also calls into question the department’s commitment to enforcing any conduct remedies that are placed on the company...
...seen him under fire and under grace, and his instincts are all right on the button," Welch said from his vacation home on Nantucket, where he's getting in some golf before his much anticipated book, Jack: Straight from the Gut, hits stores next week. "My report card comes out in another five years, when Jeff has taken this company to a whole new level, and people are saying, 'Is that all Jack...
...perfect cover. Bipolar depression is a downer and TB makes your friends nervous and a hip replacement is terribly inconvenient, but cardiac surgery poses few risks, is mostly painless and has a grandeur about it that erases all obligations, social and professional. It is the Get Out of Work card. All you do is put a hand to your chest, and people hold the door open for you and help you into a rocker...