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Businesses will rein in their spending for a while too, virtually ensuring that the third quarter will become the first one with no economic growth in the past eight years--unless the second quarter gets there first. Domestic output in the second quarter grew at a rate of just 0.17% and could be revised to below zero...
...Brown, 48, always said the New York City fire department had saved his life. He came home to Queens from Vietnam in 1973 covered with medals but angry and choked up on adrenaline, daring anyone to knock the chip off his shoulder. Not good qualities for most jobs--unless you need to suit up every day against an adversary like fire. He made some spectacular rescues, including a courageous save as a lieutenant in 1991 on the roof of a midtown office building: Brown and two of his men held an inch-thick rope in their bare hands and, straining...
Juliette Kayyem ’91, executive director of the executive session on domestic preparedness, noted that unless the office is given direct responsibility for agencies involved in preventing terrorism, the head of the office may only serve as an ineffectual “terrorism czar”—similar to the current “drug czar” position...
...harassment] turned him into a pariah. At least one teacher started to play games with his grades, says his lawyer, Lawrence E. Hardoon. Hawkins basically felt he was drummed out of school. Hardoon points out that a student would not jeopardize his admission to an Ivy League school unless the climate at Groton was truly unbearable. This was why it ultimately led to a lawsuit, he says. The bottom line, which for me is ultimately shocking, is that the school graduates the two students accused of abuse, and my client does not get a diploma. Hawkins opted...
...that the requirements of coalition building spurred the Bush administration over the last week to knock Israeli and Palestinian heads together. Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat were told in no uncertain terms that the game had changed, and that both sides would face the wrath of the international community unless they do more to forge a cease-fire. Nobody's expecting miracles, but changing the tone of Israeli-Palestinian relations is considered critical to maintaining the all-important Arab support for the anti-terror coalition. Still, it'll take a lot more than an Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire agreement...