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...some, the arrival of the cavalry did little to ease anxieties. Wealthy evacuees hired private-security companies, their agents bristling with snub-nosed automatic weapons and polarized sunglasses, to guard the perimeters of their flooded neighborhoods. An officer of one such firm, Black Ice Security Services, told TIME's Nathan Thornburgh that his company made a run into New Orleans to pick up sacred texts from a Hindu temple and that he promptly received e-mails from India thanking him for the rescue. TIME's Kim Humphreys accompanied a team of customs agents from Tampa Bay, Fla., as well...
...would have thought that Oprah, of all people, would understand that the same rules apply to her as to the average person. Isn't compassion what she's famous for? Surely she could have had someone find out the Hermès store's closing times and avoided this snub? Perhaps Tom Cruise's new penchant for strange behavior has rubbed off on her. On the other hand, with so few people able to afford an Hermès bag, I can't understand why the store would turn away a customer. Internet shopping...
...would have thought that Oprah, of all people, would understand that the same rules apply to her as to the average person. Isn't compassion what she's famous for? Surely she could have had someone find out the Herm?s store's closing times and avoided this snub? Perhaps Tom Cruise's new penchant for strange behavior has rubbed off on her. On the other hand, with so few people able to afford an Herm?s bag, I can't understand why the store would turn away a customer. Internet shopping might be the way to go. Faye Gordon London...
...should be done by someone "independent of the NRC and the nuclear industry." That's a frightening postscript. Since 9/11, virtually everything having to do with nuclear-plant security has been in the hands of the NRC and the nuclear industry. Diaz takes offense at the N.A.S.'s pointed snub of his agency's expertise. "The recommendation was not well justified," he says. "I don't believe we need anybody to come in and do it, because nobody can do it better than we can." --With reporting by Bruce Crumley/Paris
...Page and bassist?keyboardist John Paul Jones - turned up crisply suited at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles. But former frontman Plant didn't show; he was 9,000 km away, getting ready for a tsunami benefit gig in Bristol, England. He sent along a video greeting instead. His snub clearly hurt Page, who said: "It wouldn't have taken much just to pop over here and meet everybody, would it, really?" Two months later, Plant is still unapologetic. "It made more sense to join hands with proactive people than to go along...