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...honestly confronted our past. And, judging by the response of the authorities, something positive may yet come out of the ordeal. Within hours, the director of Serbian police showed up to tell me that finding the attacker is a top priority. President Boris Tadic came over to express his support. Rade Bulatovic, the head of Serbia's main security agency, whom I had often criticized, phoned and offered help. Expressions of outrage and offers of help also came from judges, politicians, diplomats, colleagues and ordinary Joes. And on Monday at noon, traffic was blocked for five minutes...
...stranded more than 100,000 travelers after bad weather decimated its operating ability--in one case JetBlue passengers were left on a snowed-in runway for more than nine hours. Neeleman's mea culpa reached its apogee with a series of full-page national-newspaper ads: "Words cannot express how truly sorry we are for the anxiety, frustration and inconvenience that you, your family, friends and colleagues experienced." Neeleman rolled out a Customer Bill of Rights soon after, promising to reimburse customers for future travel mishaps. By Feb. 20, the airline's operations and ticket sales were back on track...
...camera. "You had a hundred billion chances and ways to have avoided today," Cho says on one of the videos. "You forced me into a corner and gave me only one option ... Now you have blood on your hands that will never wash off." He sent the package express mail to NBC in New York City; if he hadn't had the address wrong, it might have gotten there sooner. Then he headed back out the door and across the campus to Norris Hall, home of the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics. And suddenly this was not over...
...According to a statement posted yesterday on Columbia’s Web site, the university’s president, Lee C. Bollinger, wrote to his counterpart at Virginia Tech on Monday to express condolences. Columbia also held a candlelight vigil last night...
...Flinchum said in the fall of 2005, English professor Lucinda Roy had "informally shared her concerns" about Cho's writing but had not filed an official report. Cho's writings "did not express any threatening intentions or allude to any criminal activity ... No criminal violation had taken place," Flinchum said. "Dr. Roy chose to reach out to this student out of concern...