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...observed that the three “seem like pretty socially active guys.” Having noticed the unusual costume following one of Quincy’s recent nighttime fire alarms, Chan speculated that “maybe they were protesting against the fire drill.” Crimson editor and Quincy resident Harriett E. Green ’03 saw the trio in the dining hall. She suspected that the protest was either anthrax-related or “some sort of commentary on smoke inhalation” in light of the numerous fire drills. Whatever their protest...
...convinced that bin Laden and his top associates are holed up in caves and that they might move to a different one every day. Some are big enough to be seen in satellite images, and the Air Force has already targeted them. EGBU-28 bunker-buster bombs can drill like masonry bits through 20 ft. of stone before detonating, and B-2s dropped the behemoths on several caves last week. Pentagon officials got excited when secondary explosions from inside the caves continued for hours after the initial attacks. Fuel-air explosives are also handy; an explosive aerosol can be injected...
...single sneeze. This will be the last we see of anything magical for some time. Where the childhood scenes were of fun and games, the adult scenes are of toil and loneliness. Though as a child he speculated about becoming a journalist and traveling, Jon becomes a drill-press operator. He eats and sleeps alone. In passing we learn of an estranged wife and child. In the middle of these scenes, a dream reworks the moment of years ago, but this time with Jon as the victim. Finally, at the end, Jon is allowed a tender memory, or perhaps...
...shortcomings of Bush’s domestic policy limited to his poor economic planning in the wake of the terrorist attacks. What if the destruction of Sept. 11 had never happened? Bush would still be pushing to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He would still be turning away from the U.N. and declining to sign treaties such as the Kyoto Protocol, the Small Arms Ban and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The current crisis has limited Bush’s ability to go astray on other policy issues for now, but I’d wager that...
...Kupang remain angry about losing East Timor. "We don't need support from Indonesia; we have the right to fight for our country," says East Timor's last governor, Abilio Soares. According to Indonesian police Brigadier-General Jaki Uly, the former militiamen still have guns. Some parade and drill with Indonesian civil defense units. "Refugees tell us of militia concentrations and training," says the U.N.'s Colonel Rob Holt. Mario Vieira, spokesman for the pro-integration political group Uni Timor Aswain (UNTAS), threatens economic turmoil for the new nation. "We will never give up," he says. Former commander-in-chief...