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...While the presence of anthrax was detected in another co-worker Wednesday, officials stress the final results of the swab tests may not be available for days; all of Stevens? co-workers were sent home with a 15-day supply of the antibiotic Cipro, the current standard in preventative measures against anthrax...
...high-force solution. Rather, the most intimidating obstacle in a hijacker’s mind will be the tens or hundreds of passengers who will believe the worst of their imaginations. The hijackers on the 11th played on our expectations of the credible outcomes of a hijacking: very high-stress, high-anxiety affairs, but without many casualties. Now the only expectation from hijacking can be death and catastrophe. Hijacked passengers will immediately consider inaction to be the potential cause of hundreds or perhaps thousands of deaths including their own, and will choose action. In fact, it seems that the passengers...
Indeed, we have already seen how resilient our community can be in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. Our community buoys up us all in times of stress. In the days, weeks and years ahead, we must prove that our community is strong not only in times of crisis, but also periods of calm; supportive to individuals facing desperate situations as well as common ailments. We are, after all, all in this community together...
...work ahead will only get rougher in the wake of Sept. 11?and be anything but normal. That was the day that CNBC buzzwords like "defensive positions" and "collateral damage" took on frightening new meanings. Economists became psychologists: Will American consumers fall victim to a collective post-traumatic stress disorder, too stunned to buy exports from Asia? Financial analysts put aside their valuation models to study troop movements, diplomatic machinations and the mind-set of Islamic terrorists. Phenomena like China's entry into the World Trade Organization are still of importance. But for Asia and the rest of the world...
...initially thinking the snake was rubber, slung it around her neck. She was about to kiss it when it flicked out its tongue. Says Kim: "She completely freaked out." So have some of Korea's sports doctors, who are appalled at the drills, which they say add to the stress top athletes endure. Says Han Myung Woo, an expert on sports psychology at Sunmoon University: "A month from the competition is not the time to be putting snakes around your body...