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...families of victims consider Shanksville first and foremost a mass grave. When they speak of the site's future, some invoke Arlington or Gettysburg; others want their own private place to mourn. But to most, a memorial conveys a measure of finality that is still too much to bear. "The shock keeps me living in perpetual rawness," says Kimi Beaven, whose husband Alan perished on Flight 93. "As much as I would love to put my heart and mind around my husband's final resting place, I would far rather just let it be the peaceful place that...
...into a lot of bad habits from not working. I got into the drug thing, something I'd never done because I had been an athlete my whole life. I was into the cocaine scene, that self-destructive crap, which could've easily put me into the grave. I did a lot of things, and I hurt a lot of people because of the disease, the addiction...
...when they signed up, leaving their families with no idea what had happened to them. They were sent to the tiny, deserted island of Shilmi off the coast west of Seoul in 1968. One of the first things the men did upon arrival was to dig up a Chinese grave, grind up the bones and scarf them down mixed with a little water. They apparently believed this would cure venereal diseases and build character. They then nailed the skull and two crossbones to a wooden board marking the camp's entrance. Beneath the bones, they wrote the words, "Our creed...
Despite these grave problems with Bush’s initiative and the administration’s environmental policies in general, most Americans remain oblivious to the environment and are focused instead on other issues. It is appropriate that we be concerned with international matters and national security. However, we should not forget out of convenience or complacency that our nation’s environmental future hangs very much in the balance. To paraphrase one environmental advocate, it is certainly admirable that Bush plants a tree and speaks sincerely about the environment for one day every year; it is the other...
...like Asperger's are exploding in number, and no one has a good explanation for it. While many experts believe the increase is a by-product of a recent broadening of diagnostic criteria, others are convinced that the surge is at least in part real and thereby cause for grave concern...