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...history that?s important to remember. In recent weeks, in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, a few filmmakers have edited out images of the Twin Towers from their work. The Twin Towers reportedly appeared in the background of the comedy-action flick "Zoolander" and the romantic comedy "Serendipity;" the scenes were excised from the final cuts in the days after the attack. The move, presumably, was to shield the public from having to think about the tragedy when they were supposed to be mindlessly enjoying an escapist bit of entertainment; instead, the editing smacked of the cold...
...example: I was sitting in a carpet shop in Quetta, drinking green tea with some Afghan traders. First they talked about how their investment in opium had taken a beating (the price dropped from $700 a kilo to $200 since Sept 11th, because the Taliban commanders who'd stockpiled tons of opium were nervously selling it off), and then the conversation turned to the dud Cruise missiles which had landed around Kandahar. These traders shifted eagerly on their stacks of plum-dark Bokharas and somber tribal Baluch carpets...
Friedman said that while he was pleased with the improvement over last year’s 11th place finish and that second place was the best finish his team could have hoped for against Providence, the results could have been better...
...strikes against Taliban strongholds, public support for military action in Afghanistan remains on the rise (87 percent) as does the President?s approval rating (89 percent). More Americans (65 percent) are expressing confidence in "how things are going in this country" than at any time since the September 11th attacks...
Diana Graham, M.D., is a third year resident in the psychiatry program at New York University in Manhattan. Since the September 11th terrorist attacks, Dr. Graham has observed, from her remarkable vantage point, a range of human reactions to tragedy - some predictable, some wholly unexpected...