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...crossing or complex delivery system would be needed--a bomb could be detonated in the hold of a ship in an American harbor. If one of our coastal cities is ever hammered by a nuclear blast, the reduced effectiveness of the device at ground level will be of little comfort, and Sept. 11 will seem like an unheeded warning. We must do whatever is necessary to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons, materials and expertise. We should not delay in implementing policies that will protect our great cities from this disaster. STEVEN PAYNE Westville...
GIFTS Silk quilts, candles, karaoke machines. What do they have in common? They're "cocooning" gifts, which retailers expect will satisfy the post-Sept. 11 craving for comfort and, yes, quality family time. Sales of DVD players, this year's hottest stay-at-home splurge, have already surged nearly 50% over last year...
...luxury train ride in the newly proclaimed safest country in Asia? In these troubled times, few want to leave home. And many of those who do are avoiding the punishing, extreme adventure packages so popular in recent years. Instead, traumatized travelers are looking for the holiday equivalent of comfort food. And in Vietnam's overnight train from Hanoi to the northern town of Sapa, they've found it. The express, launched two years ago by the Paris-based Victoria hotel chain, is really three specially outfitted carriages added to the regular night train from Hanoi to the northern border town...
There were reports of marriage proposals being made, divorces being called off, young singles hitting the bars in search of physical comfort - "terror sex" it was quickly dubbed - and people who had religiously gone to the gym each day and devoted themselves to low-fat, high-protein diets deciding to re-embrace the sybaritic pleasures of chocolate. Across the Atlantic, however, where the threat of terrorism has been a way of life for decades and where lunch in a Tel Aviv pizza parlor or a night out in a London pub can quickly turn deadly, the impact has been more...
Butt’s work also touches upon her relationship with the world as a place of comfort. Represented by a potted plant in many of her paintings, Butt’s symbol for the world shifts between the figure’s lap, head and shoulders. In one painting, its tendrils wrap around the artist, partially shielding her from falling bubbles containing words such as “doubt” and “suspicion.” In another, they protect a serene woman from the attack of three vicious birds. In a third, the plant rests...