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...terrace is crammed with young men, some in traditional cotton robes and Bedouin headdress, others in Western jeans and T shirts. They are watching teenage drivers peeling rubber through traffic, calling friends on cell phones and discussing Osama. Sipping cappuccinos and downing milk shakes, they admit to mixed feelings about last month's devastating attacks on the U.S. because of the innocent lives that were taken. They even wonder whether it was really Osama who did it ("I hope that it was," says one). Mostly they express glee that the strikes made the U.S. pay a price for what they...
...Vieira. "They have never been exposed to death at this level. Some never expected to be." But even officers like William Durm, the Pentagon's chief dentist, who headed the first triage units at the scene of the attack and who has been in the Navy for 25 years, admit the emotion can be difficult to bear. "During the rescue," says Durm, "there was no time to process what was happening. It was later, when I had to pull dental records for identification and some of the victims were people I knew--I had performed root canals...
...truth, though, is that while terrorism experts and Harvard officials admit that Harvard is at risk, all agree that the chance of an attack is a very slight one. Nonetheless, that has not stopped the University from stepping up police patrols and reexamining safety across campus—from Holyoke Center to Widener Library to Hillel...
This plan, at first glance, seems silly. I’ll admit to doubting its genius because, as far as I could tell come pre-season, the new Murphy regime had only succeeded in brainwashing the players to recite the words “ball security” and “killer instinct” in every interview they granted...
...would make it harder to argue against the use of force. But a prolonged and nasty land war, especially one requiring the re-establishment of the draft, would be sure to make more people dovish. If it does, there will be a well-established antiwar movement ready to admit them...