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...R.F.K.'s younger brother Ted. Bush has been wooing him all year, inviting him over for movies and putting J.F.K.'s desk in the Oval Office, all in hopes of getting an agreement on an education bill. Bush hasn't won Ted over yet, but throw in the Washington Monument, and they might just get a deal...
...anyone comes off worse in this history than Nixon, it is Kissinger. In Reeves' account, the former National Security Adviser is a grotesque monument to ambition, insecurity and deception. Kissinger whined constantly to Nixon about his own enemies in the Administration, threatened repeatedly to resign unless stroked more thoroughly by the President, and then lied to the outside world about his role in policymaking and gossiped with the press about his boss's many weaknesses...
What happened in New York was a disaster, but the World Trade Center should be rebuilt. The city should not let the terrorists win by turning the area into a pathetic memorial plaza with some crosses. The best monument to all the dead would be an extraordinary new World Trade Center designed by one of the world's top architects. That would demonstrate the truest commitment to New York City and what it stands for. BERNARDO GOMEZ-PIMIENTA Mexico City...
...attack on the World Trade Center in a way that comes naturally to them—construction. The Reflecting Wall at MIT, a 12-foot by 25-foot life-size wooden replica of a section of the World Trade Center now stands behind the MIT chapel. The monument was created as a temporary space where members of the community could reflect on the national tragedy that has left close to 6,000 people missing. Last Friday, the site was dedicated by ministers representing all faiths. According to the MIT press office, approximately 400 people attended the ceremony, laying roses, notes...
Women don’t form terrorist group and attack civilian populations. Women don’t hijack planes with an explicit intent to kill thousands of innocent workers in a statuesque office building. Women don’t kamikaze themselves and 91 innocent passengers into a governmental monument filled with employees. It may be cultural construct, it may be gender stereotype, it may be biological influence. But women don’t do this...