Word: took
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...ratings were colossal even when Floyd was not. When the hurricane passed Florida by on Tuesday, the Weather Channel logged a record 2.5 million viewing households; its web site, www.weather.com, scored a record 23 million visits. The damage peaked when Floyd hit North Carolina early Thursday morning and then took off up the coast. By the time it hit New York that afternoon, Mayor Rudy Giuliani was trying to close the stock exchange (the traders wouldn?t go) and sent the Big Apple home early. The news outlets thundered, residents gossiped excitedly, and Floyd? Mostly, Floyd just rained...
...perhaps not. "This is a terrible tragedy made worse by the fact that it took place in a house of hope and love," Gov. George W. Bush said in a statement from Detroit. "My thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and the congregation." Not a mention of guns, but then neither he nor his constituents think gun control has any particular ability to prevent this brand of tragedy, and they may be right ? even if the irony of the incident does not escape Al Gore in the months ahead. What could have stopped the anti-Baptist? Police...
When it came time to name the product, all it took was a trip to the dictionary, according to Palmer Douglas Bailey, CEO of MiniMeals and a director of Capital Management Consulting...
...Increase in enrollments in the film class at the University of Central Florida that the creators of The Blair Witch Project took, since last year...
...Giuliani took immediate political heat for the response and his predictably gruff defense of the N.Y.P.D. But the Busch shooting reflects a chronic problem, one that affects communities throughout the country. Increasingly, police action appears to be the only action that can be taken with EDPs. "Law-enforcement officers are serving as front-line mental-health workers," says Mary Zdanowicz, executive director of the Treatment Advocacy Center, based in Virginia. "But by the time the police intercede, it's usually too late...