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...Depend on it; these expressions of support and any that follow come with a price tag. A top-level Saudi delegation to Washington last week stressed the need to address the grievances of the Palestinians. Russia will not expect to hear a lot of moaning from Americans about its behavior in Chechnya. Pakistan will expect some economic relief for its battered economy. (And Pakistan will get it; sources tell TIME that Japan has already offered cash and loan guarantees to Islamabad.) George Bush's war will be one of strange bedfellows...
Ultimately, the kind of war culture we get will probably depend on the kind of war we get: whether it's a rousing success or a quagmire, whether terrorists strike again or people begin to feel safe, whether we're deluged with battle video or it unfolds in secret. We may be entering a recession too, which produces a different culture from the optimistic boom times that gave us snarky dotcom ads, boy bands and upscale sitcoms. The last recession saw the rise of downscale TV families on Roseanne and The Simpsons and downscale grunge rock. Might a downturn...
...fear caused by the hijackings has also devastated the airline industry and other businesses that depend on it. As consumers choose not to fly, planes are taking off nearly empty, and some air-shuttles carry fewer passengers than crew...
...Tommy’s House of Pizza has been leaving its veteran customers with bitter tongues. Many are disappointed by the cuisine’s recent loss of Italian flavor and authenticity. With so much instability in this world, can’t college students, at the very least, depend on their greasy munchies...
...George W. Bush signs the legislation, as he has already stated he will. Whether or not to provide heavy assistance to the airlines did not pose much of an economic dilemma for U.S. lawmakers; the airline industry is a major sector of the U.S. economy, and many other industries depend on air travel as part of our nation’s basic infrastructure...