My Browning 20-gauge feels perfectly weighted in my hand.

FORBES: Hat Trick at High Lonesome

They can gauge people's expressions, discern the frenzy of hand signals, even overhear price gaps between, say, contracts in the 10-year and the 30-year pits--all of this drama unavailable to screen traders.

FORBES: Last Call

On the other hand, a longer wait means a more accurate gauge of the asteroid's orbit, and thus of the need to do anything at all.

ECONOMIST: The American Association for the Advancement of Science