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...conceptual disregard for the “individual,” reality exists only for individuals. The devastation of Sept. 11 was real only to individuals; it was only experienced on the personal level. Many of us at Harvard felt the blow to the towers and heard the death knell of the attacks. Even as the frightful reports streamed in, I myself didn’t cry on Sept. 11 until I remembered the calm of the damaged St. Paul’s Church I had experienced one Sunday last spring. My memory is now disrupted—that...
...girl (Lilo) to tame her angry new pet from outer space (Stitch) while persuading a social worker to let her stay with her big sister. The other is that the Disney movie they are in, Lilo & Stitch, must make a bundle--or Hollywood could hear a death knell for the traditional animated feature. Disney's beleaguered boss, Michael Eisner, has to hope there is still profit in the hand-drawn cartoons that made Disney's name and fortune but have faded as computer-generated (CG) films have flourished...
...people and wounded more than 100 at a seder in Netanya brought swift condemnation from the U.S. and left Palestinians bracing for a forceful Israeli response. And if Arafat is not able to implement a cease-fire, an escalation of violence, which now seems imminent, may sound the death knell for General Anthony Zinni's diplomatic mission...
...neighbors to the south are concerned, the September 11th terrorist attacks may as well have sounded the death knell for an open border. President Fox, on a sympathy visit to Washington last week, had barely shrugged off his jacket before he was informed in no uncertain terms that any plans to loosen up work visas or provide easier access for Mexican students was pretty much out of the question. We'll rethink the border, U.S. officials told Fox, but it won't look much like what we'd originally imagined...