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...make this elephant dance, Armstrong has put into practice an elegantly simple plan: fashion AT&T into the leading communications company in the world by acquiring what's known as "the last mile"--the part that ends in your home. If you are like most Americans, you are connected by two wires: a copper phone wire and a coaxial television cable. Own one of those, Armstrong reasons, and the future of communications--via voice, data and television...
...course, AT&T owned the last mile back before it was even called the last mile. But that monopoly was broken up by regulators in 1984, forcing the company to divest the Baby Bells--and pay them access fees to use their lines. "If you have to go through your competitors, then how can you be effective in satisfying your customers?" Armstrong asks, explaining his decision to begin purchasing cable companies. "I asked, What was it going to take to become the greatest communications company in the world...
...warning. Starting at 5:00 and continuing for 20 hours, a legion of twisters--more than 40, coming so fast that the exact count is uncertain--scourged the region. One, a behemoth originating near Chickasha, may be historic. Not for the width of its funnel--although at nearly a mile across, that was extraordinary--but a mobile Doppler radar from the University of Oklahoma clocked its peak wind speed at 318 m.p.h., which would make it the strongest wind recorded on Earth...
Even more ominous for those on the ground, however, was its demonic persistence. The average tornado logs mere minutes on the ground. The Chickasha twister settled in like a plow, ripping an 80-mile gash northeast through a corner of Oklahoma City and several suburbs over an endless four hours. Thousands of Oklahomans heard the shriek of the warning sirens gradually overwhelmed by a sound variously described as like a locomotive, or a screaming jet engine, or nothing on Earth. The worst fear, said Moore resident Delee MacAlister, "is the terror of knowing you are going to die. We prayed...
...been right. Among other things, Sikorsky provided Johnson and his wife Donna, 35, with detailed information on child-care options available for their 18-month-old son Jacob. They were given the qualifications, services and costs for all day-care centers and baby-sitting services within a 15-mile radius of the new home they are purchasing in Milford. "The day-care center is gorgeous; it's one of the nicest I have ever seen," says Johnson, who started his new job in March. "This kind of help made a big difference in deciding whether to move...