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Programs like Manhattan's Fast Track to Employment work with employers to help the recovering mentally ill find jobs. At least 50 firms have signed on, and most seem satisfied. "We had anxieties at first," admits RDS Delivery Service co-owner David Zogby, "but customers called to salute us." Says George Castaldo of American Postcard Co. of his new hires: "They come 20 minutes early in rain, snow or cold, and they give...
...store that collected the cash and never had to deliver anything. But that's not supposed to be the case. After a waiting period--usually three to five years--the retailer is supposed to give the unspent money to the state, which is supposed to find the owner and give back the cash...
...they feel as entitled as any entity, especially the states. Sure, the states make an effort to locate you by advertising and possibly setting up a booth at the state fair. But most forgotten assets remain forgotten. The state spends the loot and pledges to make good if the owner shows...
DIED. ALFRED GWYNNE VANDERBILT, 87, horse-racing legend and scion of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt; in Mill Neck, N.Y., after returning from his daily visit to the Belmont racetrack. Vanderbilt was the consummate sportsman aristocrat and society high flyer. The owner of the great Thoroughbred Native Dancer, he helped introduce the use of the starting gate and the photo-finish camera...
...liberal employers, on the other hand, use music to create a genuinely fun atmosphere, and Muzak just doesn't cut it. At Toscanini's, tattooed espresso aficionado Max Milgram believes the strategy's working; he and his fellow ice cream-scoopers remain enthusiastic because, he says, "We have an owner who is hip to everything and lets us choose. But we can't play anything too extreme---except late-night." If it was up to his tie-dyed coworker, Tessabelle Walker, "The only thing that would be playing is bootleg Phish and the Dead." Other Toscanini's staples include Portishead...