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...attacks took place at the beginning of the workday, timed to hurt as many innocents as possible. More than 50,000 people worked in each tower of the World Trade Center in an average day, and although many were fortunately able to escape, thousands are still feared dead. Much of Manhattan was covered by the rubble and dust of the collapse; residents were evacuated from parts of the island as bridges and tunnels were closed. The city itself was disfigured by the blasts, the most prominent features of its skyline now twisted piles of concrete and steel. Despite the long...
...looking for help sounding out "E-I-E-I-O" b) trying to win voters for George P. c) having the hardest workday of his term d) reading from The Hungry Caterpillar...
...workday sometimes finds John Forgach draped in mosquito netting, paddling the backwaters of the Amazon in a dugout canoe. He's on the hunt--for a new investment. Forgach, 52, spent decades making money the old-fashioned way, as an investment banker in places like Geneva and New York City. Now he is back in his native Brazil to show that preserving the environment and indigenous cultures can be profitable. As CEO of a Sao Paulo-based private company called A2R Environmental Funds, Forgach raises money from institutions like the Swiss government and the World Bank Group and invests mainly...
Your article misrepresented the laws and regulations governing captive dolphins in the U.S. No regulations specific to swim-with programs currently protect the captive dolphins used in these programs. The U.S. no more requires workday limits or sanctuaries for captive swim-with dolphins than does the Dominican Republic, Mexico or any of the world's other worst offenders. The only reason some American swim-with programs provide dolphins with better working conditions is that the U.S. is wealthier, not because it's the law. NAOMI A. ROSE MARINE MAMMAL SCIENTIST Humane Society of the U.S. Washington...
...border economy. Managers are taught to take a different route to work every day to foil potential kidnappers. They grow accustomed to training--and losing--an entire factory floor of workers every year. And they have discovered that "casual Friday" in McAllen is often a dress-up workday on the other side. Around here, the most valuable asset is their flexibility. "You have to switch gears in Mexico--and not just languages. You have a behavior shift too," says Charles Taliaferro, 49, who runs maquila operations for Am-Mex Products, which makes everything from Siemens electric motors to Smead file...