Word: manhattanization
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...journalist Christopher Hitchens complained in the Nation that in their haste to point the finger at the U.S., some of the antiwarriors dismissed the fact that what the terrorists want is not a liberal ideal of global justice but the despot's utopia of religious extremism. "The bombers of Manhattan represent fascism with an Islamic face," Hitchens wrote. "What they abominate about 'the West'...is its emancipated women, its scientific inquiry, its separation of religion from the state...
...normal transmissions can't make it between the mountains. There's a dish on every cabin, every ranch house. And since the service that many other people and I use features network affiliates from New York City but not a single station from the West, the bad news from Manhattan was local news. Electronics trumped geography. To feel separate from the horror was impossible, and there were times I walked out of my house after long sessions of compulsive viewing and was startled that Livingston was not on fire...
...many of the rumors that were circulating, and the graphics and the timeline of attacks were easy to understand. True, the photographs were heartbreaking, but they were very powerful. More than once I found myself choking up, but they painted a true picture of events that day in downtown Manhattan. Keep up the great work. CHRISTIN PERRINE Damascus...
...Germany's Dresdner Bank and Royal Bank of Canada also contracted with Comdisco, cramming employees into its Queens facility, which had been outfitted with computers and IT support. Lehman Bros. moved hundreds of workers to its office in Jersey City, N.J., and rented 665 rooms at a Sheraton Manhattan hotel for 1,500 bankers and analysts, carting in fax machines, computers, copiers and desks...
...hours on a day the following week on the rumor of another hijacked plane. Many Wall Street firms, in fact, recovered quickly because their work forces were dispersed. While Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage business occupied the World Trade Center, its headquarters are in midtown Manhattan, and a trust-services division is based in Jersey City, N.J. "Companies should be in low-profile locations for many good business reasons, not just for security," says retired Admiral William Crowe, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and now an adviser to GlobalOptions, a corporate security firm in Washington. "We recommend...