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Most of the people who died on 9/11 had no choice. They were above the impact zone of the planes and could not find a way out. But investigators are only now beginning to understand the actions and psychology of the thousands who had a chance to escape. The people who made it out of the World Trade Center, for example, waited an average of 6 min. before heading downstairs, according to a new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) study drawn from interviews with nearly 900 survivors. But the range was enormous. Why did certain people leave immediately...
...Republicans point out that she is a Democrat who was a member of the Dallas chapter of Mothers Opposing Bush during the 2004 campaign. Townsel tells TIME she did public relations work for the organization but insists her story about her encounter with Bolton--which "had a tremendous, terrible impact on me"--is true...
...Last Friday’s Pub Night was the most successful by far, but if funding is delayed by too long, the university may view waning interest as a sign that the renovations are not appropriate, and we may miss our window of opportunity to make a positive impact on the social lives of thousands of undergrads,” he wrote in an e-mail...
...goose, however, had little impact in slowing down the Crimson boat. Harvard quickly regained its composure and began its sprint in earnest, completing the course in a time...
...Perhaps, although Kerstin Uvns-Moberg, an authority on oxytocin, told me that she's convinced a woman's brain becomes more receptive to the impact of oxytocin after the first heavy dose that comes with labor and breast feeding. What I've come to believe is that the hormones of pregnancy and early motherhood help us form what may be the strongest personal relationship of our lives. It's that relationship--the years of flexing our brains as we deal with the challenges presented by a growing child--that may have the most impact in training...