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...going to do nothing and hope for the best, or are we going to do something? What can we do? What will be the consequences of both courses of action? That is our post-9/11 debate." Which the doomed, defiant passengers had just a few minutes to comprehend and resolve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let's Roll! Inside the Making of United 93 | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

That's a difficult lesson for Manzano to comprehend. A company called Sibau just down the road from Piani's factory collapsed last May, with the loss of 50 jobs. "They stayed still too long," Piani laments. "They thought nobody could make chairs the way they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twilight In Italy | 3/21/2006 | See Source »

...paid relatives of the victims $2,500 for each of the 15 dead civilians, plus smaller payments for the injured. But nothing can bring back all that was taken from 9-year-old Eman Waleed on that fateful day last November. She still does not comprehend how, when her father went in to pray with the Koran for the family's safety, his prayers were not answered, as they had been so many times in the past. "He always prayed before, and the Americans left us alone," she says. Leaving, she grabs a handful of candy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Collateral Damage or Civilian Massacre in Haditha? | 3/19/2006 | See Source »

...paid relatives of the victims $2,500 for each of the 15 dead civilians, plus smaller payments for the injured. But nothing can bring back all that was taken from 9-year-old Eman Waleed on that fateful day last November. She still does not comprehend how, when her father went in to pray with the Koran for the family's safety, his prayers were not answered, as they had been so many times in the past. "He always prayed before, and the Americans left us alone," she says. Leaving, she grabs a handful of candy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Collateral Damage or Civilian Massacre in Haditha? | 3/19/2006 | See Source »

...abortion, but barely 2% go forward after they are counseled about the nature of fetal development. ?We do not know the cost to our society,? the report states, from ?the pain and anger resulting from abortion, but we fear it is far worse than what we are able to comprehend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Is an Abortion Not an Abortion? | 3/6/2006 | See Source »

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