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Later Tuesday evening, I walked back to the site of Fokin's performances where a makeshift monument had been constructed. I quickly gave up my suspicions. On the sidewalk lay laminated copies of a Boston Globe article on the puppeteer and photos of the man at work...
...term into distinct--but dissonant--halves. Stage One, an activist, anything-is-possible phase lasted from Inauguration to November 1994. In the public mind it was marked by fumbling, waffling, minor scandals, disastrous appointments and above all the grandiose health-care plan that was to be Clinton's monument but that died ignominiously in congressional committees. The voters spoke, sweeping Democrats out of control of House and Senate and indirectly but unmistakably repudiating Clinton...
Beyond the commercialism and hype of the Centennial Olympics [SPECIAL, Aug. 5] could be found a level of courage in individual athletes by which we can all be inspired. We must increase our awareness of terrorism yet not be paralyzed by its threat. Let Centennial Park become a monument to this endeavor. MARY E. NOCE Liverpool, New York...
...When I was walking through the Common, I saw a monument erected by the Italian-American Society and one celebrating Polish heroes," Flaherty said. "Their contributions are significant and shouldn't be ignored, but I couldn't help but wonder why there is no monument to the contributions of Irish-Americans...
...amid the overwhelming stench of burning jet fuel and the plane's charred remains, hundreds of letters floated on the surface of the Atlantic, unanchored memories of diplomats, designers, doctors and teenagers. A postcard of the Statue of Liberty had become an interrupted souvenir, an image of the monument born in France that never made its way home. Out of a camera bag fished from the waste came a list in pencil, in what seemed to be a young girl's handwriting. Amy: light pink, size 8. Corry: dress. Steph: orange or hunter green--the plan for a spree...