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...Governor of the state in which United Airlines Flight 93 crashed to earth on Sept. 11, Tom Ridge has seen what terrorism can do. Now he will see what can be done to stop it. Last Wednesday afternoon, Ridge was rushing to catch a plane when aides told him that White House chief of staff Andrew Card was on the phone. The Pennsylvania Governor wasn't expecting a job offer; he'd had lunch the day before with George W. Bush, and the President hadn't mentioned a thing. But Card connected Ridge with Dick Cheney, who offered Ridge...
...Thursday, Stephenson, 39, was getting ready to leave his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to catch a plane to Boston's Logan Airport, where several terrorists had begun their deadly missions on Sept. 11. His jet-setting career had turned grim, as evidenced by his colleagues' new insignias. Some were wearing badges with the names of all the cockpit and cabin crew who perished. Others had black bands placed over their wings. "We still do have people who are fearful and have taken time off. It's time to come back. They might even feel better being back. The rest...
...Irony"--as popularly misused to mean a mishmash of easy sarcasm, cynicism and detachment--is ludicrous at a time of mourning, as is Letterman's meaningful irony (which is really a principled response to phoniness). But real irony--the basis of satire--is possible and valuable in addressing war. (Catch-22 and M*A*S*H, for instance, are darkly ironic yet serious works.) When theonion.com returns this week, says editor Robert Siegel, it will address the events carefully, aiming for a poignant, "cathartic" humor. Stewart also laced his aching monologue with touchingly self-deprecating jokes. "I'm sorry...
...yards in a career, and he passed Vin Ferrara ’96 to move into fourth on Harvard’s all-time passing yardage list. Morris’ nine receptions gave him 101 for his career, making him only the second junior, and fourth Crimson player, to catch 100 balls...
Since then, we have made incremental improvements, but anyone who has tried to catch an airplane in Atlanta—or use electricity in California, or drive on a highway anywhere—knows, we have not invested enough. The slowing economy has taken some strain off of the nation’s physical plant, but before the stock market crash it had been stretched to its breaking point...