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...Nikes and some plastic explosives. The quick thinking of flight attendant Hermis Moutardier prevented Reid from succeeding and probably saved almost 200 lives, but it did little to assuage my tragic thoughts when I boarded a transatlantic plane at the beginning of intersession a month later. As red-clad Virgin Atlantic stewardesses went up and down the aisles demurely serving dinner, a heretofore-unknown seriousness seemed to creep into the sides of their smiles. If there is indeed a war on terrorism, they were the newest foot soldiers; the hardness in their eyes reflected the fact that tackling terrorists...

Author: By Kevin Hartnett, | Title: The School Year in Terror | 5/24/2002 | See Source »

Amidst all this hoopla, those who care about reducing incidents of assault on this campus and getting justice for those who are attacked should be rejoicing. Gone are the days when the collection of sweet but slightly dazed, tweed-clad academics played cop with the most difficult assault cases...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, JOYCE K. MCINTYRE | Title: Ad Board Change Right On | 5/20/2002 | See Source »

Owner Frank Kramer, clad in a tuxedo, said the event represented the spirit of the store: the cooperation of staff and owners to create an environment that appeals to the customer...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Book Store Throws Itself 70th Birthday Party | 5/20/2002 | See Source »

...guest of honor arrives, groups of schoolgirls, including a unit clad in the black face masks of suicide-bomber trainees, perform dances dedicated to Saddam's "pulse of life." Then an interminable line of marchers files through, maybe 10,000 strong, singing "Happy year to you, President Saddam Hussein, who brought victory to us." As a group of fist-waving farmers tramps past, one of its members, Abdullah, offers, "We volunteered to come to show how much we love our President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Saddam's World | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

Around mid-morning, the buses begin to arrive en masse, and by lunchtime the main drag has become a noisy testament to European automotive engineering. Under the Golden Triangle sign, a dozen or so children clad in gaudy hill-tribe garb jump into everyone's photographs, invited or not, then proffer palms for payment. Refusal is not brooked kindly, and even the most tightfisted succumb under the onslaught of teary eyes, wailing and shirt tugging. "Everyone can smell the tourist dollars," says Miss Pim, owner of the Arabica coffee shop, as she bustles around fixing espressos and cappuccinos. "Once people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand's Tarnished Golden Triangle | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

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