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...specialized, creating niche firms for temporary doctors, nurses, accountants, engineers, IT consultants, legislative aides, even personal assistants for celebrities. Despite such tailorization, the uncertainty and volatility for the individual temp workers remain. "You have no guarantee of tomorrow," says Allan Thompson, 48, a state-and local-tax specialist in Dayton, Ohio, who signed on with a temporary accounting-services firm this spring. "But people could arguably say there's no guarantee when you have a full-time job either...
...suicides at New York University this fall has focused attention on the problem. On Sept. 12, a day after celebrating his 20th birthday, Jack Skolnik of Evanston, Ill., leaped to his death from the 10th-floor inner balcony of the campus library. One month later, Stephen Bohler, 18, of Dayton, Ohio, made the same fatal dive. Finally, on Oct. 16, Michelle Gluckman, 19, a sophomore from Brooklyn, N.Y., threw herself from the sixth-floor window of an off-campus apartment...
...Stores Corp., with headquarters in Dayton, Ohio, is a chain of some 250 retail electronics and appliance stores in 37 states--and two synthetic-fuel facilities. While sales of the company's main products have declined, its synthetic-fuel sideline has thrived. Stuart Rose, Rex's CEO, told stock analysts in June that "it's an asset that's still returning unbelievable returns for our investment." Echoed Douglas Bruggeman, Rex's vice president for finance: "We feel real good about that whole part of our business right...
...five children born to devout Chinese Lutherans, Jimmy, as he was known at Jonathan Dayton High School in Springfield, N.J., was a champion wrestler, an ace student and "a low-maintenance guy," according to his coach. A high school teammate recalls his wiry, 100-lb. friend as "well-mannered, disciplined and studious." Yee earned a ticket to West Point, from which he graduated in 1990. Later, after he rebelled against his Lutheran upbringing, converted to Islam and became a Muslim chaplain, he told anyone who would listen that his was a religion of peace. He lived quietly with his wife...
...know you've made your kibbles too small when the dog snorts into its bowl and sends its dinner flying. That's one of the lessons food technicians at the Iams pet-food company, outside Dayton, Ohio, learned early on. After 57 years in the business, they're still learning...