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...what extent the experience has psychologically scarred Webb and Russell. Several things are in their favor. As miners-without tendencies toward claustrophobia and with a fair idea of what the rescue effort unfolding above them would have involved-there's no doubt they coped better than would a desk-bound worker in a similar crisis. Also crucial was their having each other for company. In those grim days between the accident and contact with rescuers, "these men, I suspect, would have confided in each other things they'd never previously told anyone . . . that's what the fear of death does...
...year and a half later, Hannah sits with her tutor at a small computer desk in her suburban home outside New York City. Facilitated communication is controversial (critics complain that it's often the facilitator who is really communicating), but it has clearly turned Hannah's life around. Since her breakthrough, she no longer spends much of her day watching Sesame Street and Blue's Clues. Instead, she is working her way through high school biology, algebra and ancient history. "It became obvious fairly quickly that she already knew a lot besides how to read," says her tutor, Tonette Jacob...
...returned. The Crimson has lobbied for Barrios’ legislation at the State House, and The Crimson’s president, William C. Marra ’07, said last night that the bill’s swift passage through the legislature and across the governor’s desk would benefit students at private universities statewide. “The passing of the legislation would enhance the safety of students on campus by providing them the detailed police incident reports that our peers at public institutions already have,” Marra said. “The information will...
...Moussaoui, 37, will likely be held in the most restrictive part of the prison, sleeping on a thin, green mattress that rests on an unforgiving concrete bed. He can sit on a concrete stool at a concrete desk to write letters and read books. Above him at all times will be a video camera monitoring his every move. If he is well behaved, he could eventually be allowed to have a black-and-white television in his cell that plays, on closed circuit, religious programs, psychological help tapes or educational shows. His toilet can flush only a certain number...
...arts-versus-everything-else question still confronts him. An Economics concentrator, Yuan has played with the idea of entering the finance world. For one, he acknowledges that the life of a concert pianist, paid on commission for each performance, does not include the perks of a steady desk job and a reliable income...