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Glenn Wicks, yesterday's on-call official for the electrical company NSTAR, said a major electrical cable was "burned up" as a result of an abnormal surge of power through the wire and was the cause of the explosion that blew off the manhole cover...
...still can and still must take moral positions, nuanced yet clear, open-minded yet firm. Walking away, whether in confusion or disgust, has its own moral price, and that price is too high. One cannot take a position on the fence when it is made of razor wire...
...University of New York (CUNY) had an elder-law clinic. "They came here to my home to help me," she says, still amazed. "The professor was very concerned about me, that I couldn't get to my phone, that I was bedridden. He came back with a long extension wire and put it on the phone." They also took care of her legal problems. Admits Michaels: "I was very, very skeptical and pessimistic about lawyers, and I still am for the most part. But I've been well taken care...
...After lunch, the Secretary prepared for her first meeting with Kim. His security guards were flummoxed by the digital camera of the wire-service photographer and seemed uncomfortable at the prospect of foreign civilians - American journalists at that - in the presence of the man known in the DPRK, like his father before him, as the "Great Leader." We had been told beforehand to avoid any sudden movements when in the Great Leader's presence. Not to ask any questions unless the Great Leader addressed us. And under no circumstances to stray from our minders...
...started to bash Bush but now Gore's bashing us, well, then, we should...bash Liz Hurley!" Hurley violated the union strike four months ago and thought she had cleanly gotten away with it, but now all of a sudden she's paying the price. Twenty-four entertainment wire articles on Liz in the last four days (compared to two on Campaign 2000)! At the recent premiere for Bedazzled, she was pelted with flying debris and called a "scab" by angry picketers. To add insult to injury, the tabloids keep talking about her 60 year-old lover and comparing...