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...story's protagonist, Maria McShane, lost an eye in a bombing in Northern Ireland in 1976. She was pregnant at the time. Eighteen years later, the son she was carrying back then was shot by a Protestant gunman. Her son's murder shattered the family, but Maria says, "We always told our other children, 'Protestants didn't do this, one man did this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Look at What's Changed — and What Hasn't | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

About 200 anti-war protesters on their way to the office of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) clashed with Hartford police last month. Eighteen of the protesters were arrested—including Yale and Wesleyan University students...

Author: By Nalina Sombuntham, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Peace Rally Charges Spark Concern | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

Each of the towers, more than 200 ft. wide on each side, contained a central steel core surrounded by open office space. Eighteen-inch steel tubes ran vertically along the outside, providing much of the support for the building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twin Terrors | 9/14/2001 | See Source »

...American Airlines Flight 11, carrying 92 people from Boston’s Logan Airport, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center, igniting the top stories of the building in a ball of fire. Eighteen minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175, carrying 65 people bound for Los Angeles, crashed into the south tower of the center. The two crashes covered the New York City skyline in billowing smoke and flames, as hundreds of New Yorkers began streaming out of the twin steel and glass structures...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala and Daniela J. Lamas, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Two Hijacked Planes Took Off From Logan | 9/12/2001 | See Source »

...Whatever the merits of the case, the merest hint of a HotSync problem was enough to make my mind reel. For more than eighteen months now, ever since my Filofax got sucked into the vortex created by a cinema seat and my chronic forgetfulness, my Palm V has been my personal religion. Not only do I have every single piece of information important to my life stashed in there, I also have it regularly backed up on my PC for safekeeping. HotSyncing is so supremely simple - stick the Palm in its cradle, press a button, and you're done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Uncertainties and Your Palm Pilot | 8/15/2001 | See Source »

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