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...from a nuclear or radioactive device. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the three variables that determine the impact of radiation have not changed since the cold war: time, distance and shielding. After a nuclear device or dirty bomb goes off, survivors should quickly move away from ground zero and return home or to a safe place indoors--trying to stay uphill or upwind on the way. Once there, they should shower, change clothes and put all items worn outdoors in a sealed plastic bag. Pets should be brought inside; cracks around doorways and windows should be closed...
Sure it was fun in the bull-market '90s. But after Wall Street's recent plunges, who would want to ring the opening or closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange? Everyone, it turns out. Especially since Sept. 11, as heads of state and celebs troop to ground zero and want to stop by, requests to be a bell ringer are up. The N.Y.S.E.'s Bob Zito, who filters the requests, says the first five months of 2002 are almost booked. As a courtesy, Zito will call the volunteers on a bad market day to let them...
HANG TOGETHER IN HARD TIMES. J&R Music and Computer World in New York City would seem to have every reason to head for the hills. The 300,000-sq.-ft. retailing giant is just a block from ground zero, and was coated with soot and concrete dust from the attack. It remained closed for six weeks after the attack, but all 800 employees continued to receive full pay. Rachelle Friedman, co-chair of the 30-year-old family business, says, "Our employees are our biggest asset. They're like family." Though J&R cut prices and introduced free shipping...
...thereafter, the release of Harvard game tapes meant that Reka was no longer a secret. The immediate impact that Cserny had in her first two games was tempered in the next two contests, in which the freshman scored four and zero points against Fairfield and Villanova, respectively...
...thing, darn it, is we had this deal and it would have worked if we hadn't more surprises," says Watson. "Don't minimize the fact that this is the largest most severe degradation of value in American corporate history. From $90 billion to virtually zero? We tried our best to stand in front of the train and slow it down. I thought we had stopped it and had it rolling the other way when this other engine came in and smacked us. At that point, nobody wanted to put more money in. I don't want to blame anybody...