Word: postattack
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...effect where it matters most--in Iraq. Nor should its strategy be allowed to bear fruit in the rest of the democratic world. The terrorists don't want to liberate Iraq; they want to enslave it in the name of a demented dream. Their vision was articulated in a postattack video, purportedly created by al-Qaeda, in which the group's "military spokesman for Europe" told the Europeans, "You love life, we love death." How do you negotiate with nihilism...
Will such opportunities persist in a postattack economic slump? Nik Theodore, research director of the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago, warns, "When the economy begins to slow down, the staffing industry feels it first." But the dearth of baby-bust workers (born between 1965 and '76) may help counter the bad news. Besides, says Ann Kelleher, president of Mature Resources, an Omaha, Neb., staffing company, special factors may insulate older temp workers, especially highly skilled ones. "We see companies really valuing the work that experienced older workers bring to the table," she says...
...Gallagher flew through the mushroom clouds of 12 nuclear tests in 1952 and 1953 to record radiation levels. He later went to the White House, serving in the Office of Emergency Preparedness. Now 69, Gallagher is described as a superpatriot and a student of such dire scenarios as the postattack consequences of nuclear, biological and chemical warfare. Says Becton: "He's a solid citizen, a guy who has dedicated his entire life to this, and I suspect he won't leave until he has to be carried out in a box." Gallagher declined to be interviewed...
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