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...President Bush faced a transcendent challenge Thursday night, to address a nation in all its grief and anger and confusion over what comes next. It's hard to plan D-day against an enemy with no beaches and no borders, and when wise heads counsel that the most effective counterattack may be the least publicly satisfying kind--the quiet intelligence and financial and psychological warfare that can best "drain the swamp" where the terrorists hide. Would a large-scale attack demonstrate American resolve or play into the hands of those hoping to create a martyr? "Not only do you need...
...first of these e-mails was a statement regarding the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on Sept. 11. Before Summers spoke at the vigil held in Tercentenary Theatre that same afternoon, he sent a letter to the community expressing his personal grief over the tragedy. His clear message that Harvard had no choice but to move forward was a welcome piece of guidance in a time of despair...
...until Sept. 11, when their jobs put them in the front row of the country's worst nightmare. The FAA staffers in the room with Garvey on Monday afternoon, almost all women, stood expectantly, their hands clasped in front of them, their eyes red from hours of work and grief...
Help for both students and staff facing strong emotions has sprung up in new places. Life Group, a UHS-sponsored grief counseling group, has increased its Memorial Church meetings from once a week to three or four times a week...
...when the first news was flashed to their Secret Service detail. Their plane was diverted to Milwaukee, Wis., and they were rushed off to a motel beyond the city limits. They could do very little but follow events on television as the rest of the nation was doing. The grief, the horror of the atrocity, pervaded their small outpost. The President, flying out of Florida, put in a call to his father. "Where are you?" the son asked. "I'm in Milwaukee," reported the father. "What are you doing there?" the son wanted to know. "This is where you grounded...