Word: aftermath
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...didn't matter if the CIA and the FBI hated each other. Or if the Pentagon had little interest in what New York City police were doing. Or if U.S. cops had no idea what their colleagues in France or Germany were up to. But in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, all of them are working together as never before. Lawyers may debate whether to label the culprits from that day as conspirators in a crime or as soldiers in a war, but the investigators know they were both. So thousands of law-enforcement, intelligence and military investigators...
When Lawrence H. Summers was chosen to be the 27th president of the University, many hoped he would restore the position’s national prominence and become a vocal spokesperson for education. But in the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks, Summers has become not a national voice, but a campus...
...another successful segment, actors from the ART Institute performed, in an avant garde production, excerpts from T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, adapted and directed by Mercedes Murphy. Dealing (in part) with the barren aftermath of the tragedy of World War I, the poem took on new meaning in dealing with the tragedy, as New York City became the “Unreal City” of the poem. With harrowing background music by Samrat Chakrabarti, the difficult piece emerged as a relevant theatrical moment...
Ultimately, Aftermath was less about providing a single answer or theme, and more about provoking emotional and intellectual thought—the questions, not the answers, took precedence. Aftermath skillfully avoided the unwieldy sappiness of a sentimental recollection and the insufferable bluntness of an overbearing instructional. The show was successful in giving each audience member much to take out of the performance and its imminently relevant themes, which were housed in pieces powerful enough to stand alone as well-crafted works of art, but rich enough to have a deep connection to the tragic events of Sept...
...diverse works of artistic greats including Chopin, Auden, Euripedes, Dostoevsky, Sandburg, Kushner, Ferlinghetti and Shakespeare, the performers of Aftermath crafted an expressive evening of reflection and healing...