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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...have lived a life involving deepening Islamic practice and community. They had frequent visitors, sometimes as many as 20 at a time, witnesses told the New York Times. The group left their shoes at the door and could frequently be heard reciting from the Koran. They wore traditional Islamic garb, at least some of the time. The men often sat in circles on the floor praying, a neighbor reported. When they caught her watching, they installed blinds. They spoke good German. One neighbor complained about loud Arabic music. Despite Nehm's claims, the German sojourn has the feel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Breed of Terrorist | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

...Atta and Abdulaziz Alomari clearing security in the quiet airport for a US Airways flight to Boston. "In the photo, Atta has a ticket in his hand and a small shoulder bag," says Michael Chitwood, who runs Portland's 155-man police department. Both men were dressed in Western garb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Breed of Terrorist | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

...warriors - not deranged terrorists - and their actions have guaranteed them a place in paradise. "It's true many innocents died in the U.S., but this is war. We cannot always make a distinction between military and civilian targets," shrugged Khan, 42, who is bearded and wears the traditional Pakistani garb of long shirt and baggy cotton trousers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sacrificial Warriors | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

...world to receive him again. 1995 saw the biggest publicity campaign ever mounted, Jackson’s deep-seated insecurities once again driving him to create an over-the-top lavish spectacle. A statue of Jackson was floated down the Thames, while the artist himself donned military garb and led troopers in advertisements to promote HIStory: Past Present & Future—Book 1, a two-CD set of his greatest hits and new material. The first single, “Scream”, marked the first-ever collaboration between Jackson and his younger sister Janet. The music video, still unsurpassed...

Author: By Marcus L. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: He's Back? | 9/20/2001 | See Source »

...Japan was a wartime enemy of the U.S., American movies displayed the Japanese as an alien people, with a culture as remote and, in the old phrase, inscrutable as Mars. Hayakawa was the movies' first ambassador from this remote empire. In 1915 he played an Eastern dude in Western garb in Cecil B. DeMille's The Cheat. All slim smiles and secret sneers, he seduces gullible Fannie Ward with a private loan; later he drops his suavity, attacking and then, gosh, branding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geishas & Godzillas | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

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