Word: blasted
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...conversation among athletes and fans as the games resumed this morning. "I feel bad for the people who were killed, and I feel bad for the people who were injured," said Charles Barkley, who is staying with other Dream Team players at a hotel about a block from the blast. "It's something we thought about coming into the Olympics, but it's not something we thought would happen. I just feel bad for all the families involved." Barkley fully supported the plan to move on with the games. "To let whoever did this get away with this and cancel...
Minutes after the blast, the streets were filled with stunned people walking aimlessly up the hill in the dark towards Peachtree Street, while helicopters circled overhead, shining blinding searchlights on the city. Some of those walking away from Centennial Park were bleeding from minor shrapnel wounds. As traffic came to a standstill, police worked to move thousands of frightened people out of major intersections, making way for ambulances while urging the crowds to keep moving away from the scene of the explosion. Once out of the immediate area of the bomb scene, though, people seemed at a loss...
...also Subcultures. I've been spending so much time getting to know my fellow interns that I haven't really been to any of the Summer in Washington events sponsored by the IOP, but from what I hear, Harvard Intern Culture--complete with mixers with other Ivies--is a blast...
...letter sent to Capitol Hill in advance of the hearing, Perry said U.S. military forces based in Saudi Arabia took extensive steps to improve security prior to last month's deadly blast at Dhahran. But in an acknowledgement that more could have been done, Perry also outlined measures ordered after the bombing to protect against terrorism...
...American official believed terrorists could strike with an explosion 10 times the size of the one in Riyadh. As General J.H. Binford Peay, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, implied, the terrorists changed the rules. They showed "exorbitant" capability, Peay said, "in terms of a blast that you don't normally see in the normal kinds of terrorism." Still, it was common knowledge that the airmen were vulnerable, living in apartments facing a public parking lot less than 100 ft. away. "If anything was going to happen, says Senior Airman Dan Williams, who lived in Building...