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Word: imaginativeã (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2002-2002
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...find ourselves more inclined to envision potential terrorist scenarios we know nothing about because we have been asked by government officials to be more alert. Being more alert entails being more imaginative??€”after all, who saw crashing two planes into the Twin Towers as a legitimate terrorist option before last year? Eyes and ears become open to a host of horrific but suddenly and agonizingly plausible scenarios. In our eyes, trash receptacles become potential hiding places for sarin gas canisters. Mid-sized office buildings, no matter their unimportance, become potential targets for al Qaeda and require increased security...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, | Title: Fear and Clothing in New York | 7/12/2002 | See Source »

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