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...other tenants and building managers of the World Trade Center tried to prepare. We took what we thought were exhaustive efforts to safeguard ourselves from any future incidents. Security at ground level and below was tightened. Stairways were rebuilt to make it easier for police and fire fighters to enter. Many businesses, including ours, worked on detailed disaster-recovery plans in the event we lost our buildings. And then life went on. Somewhere in the consciousness of those of us who worked in the Trade Center was the belief that terrorists, like lightning, would not strike the same place twice...
Paul Quinn-Judge was in the Kurdish town of Sulaymaniyah planning the most fruitful way to enter Iraqi territory if and when the regime collapses. And to the west, in Arbil, Joshua Kucera, gas mask at the ready, monitored the machinations of Kurdish nationalists and the Iraqi opposition who are waiting for Saddam's demise...
...began last week, the American army in Kuwait received a remarkable order from the brass: stow your flags. The fearsome steel coil of tanks and artillery and Bradley fighting vehicles was told to enter enemy territory humbly, stripped of all banners, including the Stars and Stripes. This seemed slightly un-American - we're flag crazed to the point of silliness - and entirely appropriate; liberation, not conquest, was the stated purpose of the war. And so, when the Marines captured their first town, Umm Qasr, and the American flag was reflexively raised in triumph, it was quickly hauled down...
...Enter a molecule with the ungainly name of immunoglobulin E, or IgE. One of many biological compounds produced by the body's immune system, IgE apparently evolved to help our ancestors fight off parasitic worms. These days, however, parasitic worms aren't so common--especially in urban areas--and IgE has become something of a nuisance. The higher the level of IgE in your body, the more likely you are to develop allergic reactions to otherwise harmless stuff, like peanuts. IgE-triggered allergies also seem to play a role in certain cases of asthma. Over the past decade, researchers have...
...City, Phan Thiet lured us with the promise of culture, beach and comfort, an idyllic mix that seems to be vanishing from other destinations on the Asian travel circuit. As a community known more for its fish sauce than its nightlife, the name of Phan Thiet has yet to enter most vacationers' itineraries, save for those of a few Vietnamese and clued-in French tourists...