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Feeling a little angry about the economy? What better place to let it out than at a pillow fight in front of the New York Stock Exchange.
Participation was not limited to laid-off bankers and brokers gone-broke.
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Anyone, from the jobless, to the newly-401K-challenged, to the economically unscathed was welcome.Hundreds of people converged on Wall Street to participate in the event, organized by a group called Newmindspace and timed to coincide with other pillow fights taking place the world over.
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It was the fourth time the event had been held in New York, and the first one fashioned as an outlet for people's rage against the recession
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But participants might find themselves needing to make a small expenditure - say, at a store that sells bedding - after the event. It was strictly bring-your-own-pillow
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And despite appearances to the contrary, the pillows were required to be feather-free. Good for stress, and hypoallergenic, too
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