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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...
...after weeks of ruthless American bombing, their will was breaking. A black cloud of dust hung over the city, kicked up by U.S. strikes. American special-ops forces joined the anti-Taliban forces commanded by Karzai and Ghul Agha Sherzai, and the merged units closed in on the city from the east and north. Sherzai's 700 men advanced as far as the Kandahar airport before encountering fire from Taliban and foreign Arab fighters making their last stand. During bombing lulls, Taliban soldiers hauled their dead comrades out of the trenches before ushering in new fighters. Those trying...
...were covered with alabaster contacts (which, according to Rymer had been extremely painful to wear). Without a word, as silent as the statue she was playing, Aaliyah took her place on the set. Later, with the addition of special effects, her stone body would seem to crumble into the dust. The last scene Aaliyah shot for "The Queen of the Damned" was a death scene...
...British have style? Find out at the Victoria and Albert Museum's revamped British Galleries, which opened last week on the day the museum abolished entrance charges. It was time for a change - the objects had been gathering dust since the original opening after World War II, and something had to be done to top the rival Tate Britain?s recent $45 million refit...
When she urged them to explore other possibilities and dust the abandoned rental car for fingerprints, she said she was told...