Word: stanley
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...Library—all that you’re learning is just what Western WASP culture has decided is right. If you were coming from somewhere else, or were the opposite sex, then those basic laws of physics, math and life might be completely different, as many scholars, including Stanley Fish and the late Thomas Kuhn, argue. In his new book, Facing Up: Science and Its Cultural Adversaries, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and former Harvard professor Steven Weinberg takes on these critics, if not skillfully, at least thoroughly...
...SHARES Most financial advisers will tell you to forget this dicey game. But if you're determined, U.S. brokerages with Far East offices--and that includes all the big ones like Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley--can get you B shares...
...regular stripper. Taking no chances, Chirac orders strip searches of all cancan girls KEN FOLLETT Author gives $3,185 to charity so his name will be included in a fantasy novel. Our fee for his mention on this list? For $5 we'll call it even Losers PAUL STANLEY Singer's hip surgery causes KISS to cancel WTC benefit, proving that 24-in. platform boots are not a good, long-term, orthopedic solution CHRISTIE'S Auction house cheats itself by selling million-dollar violin for $48,000. Ups opening bid for Golden Girls collectible plates to $2 million BOB DYLAN...
...Morgan Stanley Dean Witter--the World Trade Center's largest tenant, with 3,700 employees--sticking with its evacuation plan was critical to saving lives. Although someone on the south tower's public-address system informed workers that it was safe to return to their offices, Morgan's security officers kept them moving down dozens of flights of stairs. The result: all but six employees escaped. "Everybody knew about the contingency plan," said a Morgan spokesman. "We met constantly to talk about...
...appeal of trophy buildings like Chicago's Sears Tower, which was cleared during the attacks and for a few hours on a day the following week on the rumor of another hijacked plane. Many Wall Street firms, in fact, recovered quickly because their work forces were dispersed. While Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage business occupied the World Trade Center, its headquarters are in midtown Manhattan, and a trust-services division is based in Jersey City, N.J. "Companies should be in low-profile locations for many good business reasons, not just for security," says retired Admiral William Crowe, former Chairman...