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...television, or the absurd chain emails we gather in our inboxes, that the idea of a hysteria-inciting radio (radio!) play is laughable. So try, for a spell, to put yourself in the shoes of listeners who tuned in 70 years ago to The Mercury Theater on the Air's performance of The War of the Worlds...
...story goes, the opening bell was never heard on Black Tuesday because the shouts of "Sell! Sell! Sell!" drowned it out. In the first thirty minutes, 3 million shares changed hands and with them, another $2 million disappeared into thin air. Phone lines clogged. The volume of Western Union telegrams traveling across the country tripled. The ticker tape ran so far behind the actual transactions that some traders simply let it run out. Trades happened so quickly that although people knew they were losing money, they didn't know how much. Rumors of investors jumping out of buildings spread through...
...Goma, on the border with Rwanda. The protesters say the U.N. is not doing enough to protect them from an advancing rebel army. Several U.N. compounds in the city were attacked, said U.N. spokeswoman Sylvie van den Wildenberg, who adds that at one location, MONUC soldiers fired into the air to disperse the demonstrators. It was unclear whether the dead civilian was killed by a rock thrown by a protester or a bullet, she said...
...million in Medicaid reimbursements from healthcare providers; $40 million of those reimbursements had been allotted to CHA. Other state budget reductions in the areas of education and healthcare management will cut a further $15 million from CHA. The future of funding for CHA is also up in the air, because the currrent agreement between Massachusetts and the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the next five years does not include a provision for the Alliance. Keefe said that he would meet with State Secretary of Health and Human Services JudyAnn Bigby tomorrow to try to appeal the state...
...decisions are best taken with a cold drink in hand, because that part of the brain that triggers caution in economic and trust decisions is stimulated by cold sensation. Conversely, if you are planning on introducing your fiancee to mom and dad, pass on the icy martinis in that air-conditioned, glass and steel restaurant; do it over a mug of hot chocolate in front of a roaring fire...