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Upstairs in the science wing, science teacher Dick Will thought, "There go those chemistry people blowing things up again." But when the fire alarm rang, Will knew it was more than students at work. A group of his kids went down the hall to investigate and came back yelling and screaming, "They're shooting!" He herded his charges back to the corner of the room, shut off the lights and started turning over chairs and desks and piling them up against the doors...
...that the police had to move slowly because of possible booby traps. Some students with asthma started having trouble breathing, so others climbed up and pulled out some ceiling tiles, then lifted the students up to where the air was fresher. The quiet was cut when the office phone rang. It was the elementary school calling, wondering why the concert was being delayed...
...think Wall Street hasn't struggled with the value problem. Four years after Netscape rang the bell for Net mania with an initial public offering at $28 a share that soared to $58 in a day, underwriters remain skeptical and resist pricing Internet IPOs anywhere near where the market does. Last week Rhythms Netconnections was listed at $21 and closed the day at $69. Two weeks ago, Priceline.com started at $16 and shot to $69. If anything, the pricing of Net stocks is growing more off kilter. The average first-day gain for an Internet IPO has swelled from...
...TELEVISION Eng. Premier League, NESN, 1:00 p.m. Champions Cup (ATP), ESPN, 3:00 p.m. Maple Leafs at Rang., ESPN, 7:30 p.m. Wizards at Pistons, TBS, 8:00 p.m. WCW Mon. Night Nitro...
...also in evidence. When discussing the equality of mankind, he quoted parts of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. He still remembers the English-language textbooks he used when studying to become an engineer. He recalled fondly his 1997 trip to the New York Stock Exchange, where he rang the opening bell. And, showing his mastery of my biography, he chided me for not bringing my wife, author Nancy Friday, saying it would have been more interesting to discuss her subjects--envy, jealousy, relationships and sex--than mine--economics and geopolitics...