Summarise the text: this october 31 is a scary day for dylan barnes, not just because it's halloween, but because it is a special anniversary for him. for several years he will have been trying to put a good idea into a successful business via the internet. he won't be doing anything special to
celebrate the occasion, mainly because his business venture won't have made any money for most of the past year. like his two business partners, he will soon need to do something else. when they started, it had seemed like such a great idea. dylan and his friend, michael underwood, had been writing
up their lecture notes and selling them to other students. they were starting to make a small steady profit when they met terry lloyd who had been creating home pages on the internet. together, they established a website. they soon found out that students were looking for more than lecture notes.
various application and letter of recommendation forms and the like were in much demand, too. soon there were all kinds of forms available form the new website. dylan was working day and night to make the material available, but he didn't think what he was doing in terms of business. the big
problem, they soon discovered, is that everyone wants these forms but no one wants to pay for them. the three friends had a successful website, but they didn't really make any money from it. terry quickly found a highly-paid job with an investment company and michael went off to work for a software
manufacturer. dylan is still looking for a way to make his website work as a business. but these days he is always counting his pennies and he is having a hard time paying his bills. he has thought about taking a teaching job after seeing an ad for a teacher of business writing with business
experience. he has lots of experience now and there really won't be a problem with a letter of application.
Jean Herman lives in an apartment in New York City. Jean's apartment is small, but she likes it. The apartment is cheap. Jean pays only $200 a month.
Jean's apartment is in an old building. One day a big company buys the old building. The company wants to tear clown the old building and build a skyscraper.
Some people from the company visit Jean. «We're going to tear down this building,» the people tell Jean. «So, you have to move. Here is a check for $50,000. You can find a new apartment — a big, beautiful apartment.»
«I don't want a new apartment,» Jean says. «I like this apartment. I'm not going to move.» Jean doesn't take the check.
The next day the people come back with a check for $100,000. Jean doesn't take the check. «I'm not going to move,» she says.
Every day the people come back with more money. Jean doesn't take their checks.
Finally, the people come with a check for $750,000. «Please take the money and move,» the people say.
«I'm not going to move,» Jean says. «Not for $750,000. Not for a million dollars. Not for ten million dollars. I like this apartment. It's my home.»
Jean doesn't move, and the company doesn't tear down the building. The company builds the skyscraper behind the old building.
And so, on East 60th Street in New York City, there is an unusual skyscraper. The skyscraper has an old building in front of it. Jean Herman lives alone in the old building. Her apartment is small, but Jean likes it. The apartment is cheap; Jean pays only $200 a month.
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