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...shall leave the question how our nation might respond to these awful events to others. But I say all that because I think that, before we leap to respond, it would help if we could put some perspective on whats happened. Its not unbelievable, or unprecedented, or incomprehensible. Its just horrifically evil and awful and sad. That, it seems to me, is why its so hard to handle. That, and because we all feel like targets, because we all were, in a way, targets. Most of those who died did so, so to speak, as Americans: it was because they...
...might do to his own son. His reaction is to create his own WWWeb borne world, in which he casts the characters of his life as cyborg dolls on a drowning planet. The science fiction element is mystifying at times, and its crossover into real life is a leap of imaginative faith that only Rushdie would dare to make...
...numbers recession as quick and painless as possible may not lie in trying to tide the consumer over while Wall Street waits and worries for businesses to start investing again. It may be giving those businesses - and the investors that bet on them - a reason to take that leap of optimism as soon as possible...
...something seems lost amid this great leap forward. The Square underwent yet another cuisine transformation through the dog days of August as Ma Soba closed. The late-night food party is over too, as Store24 has gone to the great shopping strip in the sky. A C’est Bon café and store has opened in its place and will stay open until 2:30 a.m. on weekends, but it will have difficulty replacing the generic products and round-the-clock service of Store24...
...next meeting, meanwhile, comes in early October, and here's some free advice, stipulated on the assumption that things look as flat and featureless in late September as they do in late August (not a big leap): Cut 50 more points, bringing the Fed funds target to an even 3 percent, and make the message very simple: We're done until further notice...