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...preoccupied with the poor economy. "People here are just worried about feeding themselves and having a job," he says. This comment draws nods from diners on nearby stools. It has been a long winter--they are always out here--and the white powder of most concern to locals is snow, not anthrax spores. "Not being able to pay my heating bills is my imminent threat," says Brian Williams, who waits the lunch shift. "I work three jobs and don't travel," he explains, "so I don't expect terrorism to affect me much. I'm in my own survival mode...
...explain GM research showing that the No. 1 reason people buy midsize SUVs is that the vehicles have four-wheel drive, a feature most people rarely need? Americans frequently pay extra for security: alarm systems, travel insurance, fire extinguishers. If you consider what they can do on dirt and snow, SUVs aren't materially different...
Nearly 4 of 5 SUV owners said in a 2002 R.L. Polk & Co. survey that they value their SUVs for driving in harsh weather. But while four-wheel drive can help you blast through snow even as light rear-wheel-drive cars spin out, it won't help you stop on slick roads. Says Joe Orlando, spokesman for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority: "People think that if they are in a four-wheel drive, they can go through anything." Orlando, who owns two SUVs, had to go on TV one recent snowy morning to ask SUV drivers to slow down...
...nearly three hours, demonstrators waited infreezing temperatures for the Salvadoran leader toemerge from the building. At about 4:30 p.m., wordspread through the crowd that Cristiani'sdeparture was imminent. In response, protestersshoveled and scooped snow in front of hislimousine, building a foot-high wall of snowaround the vehicle...
When the limo tried to pull away from the curb,18 demonstrators joined arms and sat down in frontof it, chanting "Cristiani, you can't hide, wecharge you with genocide." The group was sittingin six-inch deep snow and slush, and policeapparently decided to wait them...