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...bypassed the anger stage of grief. Now she's stuck somewhere between denial and acceptance. The rational part of her knows that Greg--who scoffed at working out--could not possibly have managed 95 flights of stairs in the 27 minutes between his last page and the tower's collapse. But her heart is still playing tricks. "I'll get home and someone will have sent roses, and for the moment I'll think that was so nice of Greg. Or a friend will talk about having a party on a weekend, and I'll think, Oh, great, Greg will...
...living and working in New York, and many students in the Class of 2002, the question has become just how distant those fifteen minutes might loom. In a year when the economy has plummeted and the whole country has been affected by terrorist attacks, Harvard students in their ivory tower have not remained immune. For students like Gwen are not alone. She says many students in her own firm have been demoted to secretarial positions and she knows of alums at Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley and Salomon Smith Barney who have lost their positions as well. But stress is nothing...
Still, it's hard not to notice Thornton these days. In addition to the three films, he's all over Tower Records on posters for his first album, Private Radio (Lost Highway Records). He's been in bands since he was a high school drummer in a ZZ Top-influenced band, but his album is stark and John Prinish, with lyrics that may be hurting his current campaign: he sings about wearing women's underwear. Not only is Thornton planning to tour, but he's already writing songs for his third album, the one he'll do after the covers...
...known as the mayor. And when people needed something done in a pinch, they would often hear the refrain "Go see Carl." Carl Chambers, 56, worked as an elevator starter, someone who monitored the cars--and helped people if they got stuck--for 27 years at the north tower of the World Trade Center. His station was on the 78th floor, and his instinct to help kicked in when he exited the subway in lower Manhattan on Sept. 11 and saw the gray ribbons of smoke streaming from the building. "I have to go in," he said to a friend...
Standing at only 5-6 and weighing 175 pounds, Capouch must battle every game with forwards that tower over...