It was a terrible tragedy, but I was pleased — being out of town and having these discussions (of retirement) going on — to see all these good things that the company and my team did without me.

Nynex has had an ongoing volunteer retirement program and some folks may slide over to those positions as people accept the buyouts.

You've got a push-pull between tragedy and the good that can come out of it for the markets. You've got to rebuild, and you're going to put money and resources into that and create jobs.

Our fund is ideal for someone four to five years away from retirement and currently in a high-income tax bracket. It gives them cash flow for about four years with very little tax effect. Then, when the depreciation runs out, it comes at a time when they've retired and fallen into a lower tax bracket anyway.

A lot of you cared, just not enough.

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