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...Qaeda's early mortar volleys missed by hundreds of yards and then began closing in. Soldiers call it "walking in rounds"--staring in pained fascination as the enemy drops "steel rain" closer and closer to where you're hugging the ground. A shell landed 50 yards from Maroyka and nearly a dozen of his men. Maroyka felt blood and realized that a piece of shrapnel from the blast had nicked his face...
Whether Feinberg's hard shell is personality or professional affectation, it was cracked soon enough. During a Jan. 16 session with families from Cantor Fitzgerald, which lost 658 employees in the World Trade Center collapse, Feinberg turned pale and had to be helped to a seat by Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick. At a meeting shortly thereafter, a man asked Feinberg if he should fill out one or two applications for the fund because his wife was eight months pregnant when she died. Feinberg, who has three grown children, was near tears...
Lawyers representing shell-shocked Enron employees say something is better than nothing. "The amount of money pales in comparison to the losses, but it's an important psychological victory," says Seattle attorney Steve Berman, who represents 21,000 current and former Enron employees. "They will not rest--psychologically more than pocketbook-wise--until these people pay for it." --By Cathy Booth Thomas
...therapeutic. "I had a little guy in class who was so quiet and shy, I thought he had a speech impediment," says Mona Kolodzie, a kindergarten teacher at John Muir Elementary School in Contra Costa County, Calif. "Once he heard Greg & Steve, he started coming out of his shell. At first he'd just watch the other kids, but soon he was smiling, and by the end of the year, he was singing and talking with everyone else...
...found in other cities, Nanjing's rich, savory version is unrivaled. They are spicy but not overly fiery, richly flavored but still fresh-tasting. Crayfish are messy to eat, however, so bring a stack of napkins. Then, as delicately as possible, bite off the head and tear open the shell. The snack is hugely popular: vendors sell it from large cast-iron woks on the street, takeout places offer it by the tray, and dozens of restaurants have red crayfish stickers on their windows...