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...that? The answer is obvious—most people regard sports as inconsequential to their daily lives. Many are more concerned with politics or local news. Sports are just games—and when the games end, the players can always return home to the safety and comfort of their “normal lives.” Why would people be more interested in reading about such ephemeral events as whether the Red Sox beat the Devil Rays while our friends, relatives and neighbors are risking their lives in defense of our country overseas...
...Security Council to enforce its resolutions on Iraqi disarmament. But Cheney pushed back. Without informing Powell, he decided that his speech to the V.F.W. convention in Nashville would set out the hard-line case against Saddam--including Cheney's judgment that the return of inspectors would be a "false comfort" and provide "no assurance whatsoever" of Iraq's compliance with U.N. resolutions. He spoke openly of what the U.S. would do after a regime change in Iraq--implying that it was prepared to go to war to get Saddam...
...explosions were not Scuds, I walked over to the tent where the grenades had gone off and saw two very badly wounded soldiers--one bleeding from his leg, back and stomach. The medics had not yet arrived, so soldiers were bandaging wounds themselves. I noticed the chaplain trying to comfort the dozen or so who had been wounded. Sergeants were shouting orders to form a security perimeter. Some of the younger soldiers were looking on in a state of shock and had to be hand-led to their positions. Fifteen minutes later an ambulance drove up to take away...
...story begins near its end, as Giuliani (James Woods), sagging in the polls and term-limited from running again, is about to be rendered a lame duck by the mayoral primary on Sept. 11. When the attack comes, Giuliani's efforts to organize the recovery and comfort the city are shot in jittery handheld video, giving the scenes a raw, home-movie look that meshes seamlessly with real footage of the Twin Towers burning and people leaping to their death. The audacious technique flirts with sensationalism but also slices through any jadedness about these all-too-familiar images...
...fact that from [a fund’s] point of view [HMC was] not successful might be a source of a little bit of comfort,” he said. “Even the very large and deep-pocketed investor doesn’t necessarily always...