Word: mourned
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When a diner at a Georgia restaurant overheard three men who looked Middle Eastern joking that Americans "mourned on 9/11, and they're going to mourn again on 9/13," she did just what President Bush has asked Americans to do: she told authorities. Within hours the men were detained, and a 20-mile stretch of Florida highway was closed as their cars were searched. After 17 hours police released the men, who turned out to be medical students traveling to a course in Miami. Two of them are U.S. citizens, and the other holds a valid visa. The students later...
...YORK—They came to mourn the loss of family, friends and, for many New Yorkers in the crowd, two towers that had come to symbolize everything they love about their city...
Brandon M. Trama ’06, who said he thinks about Sept. 11 constantly, said he welcomed the opportunity to mourn with fellow students today after disappointment that his Connecticut high school left students to cope with the attacks on their own last year...
...Tercentenary Theater once again this year, as we listen to the bells of Memorial Church and remember what we have lost and what we have learned, we must also reaffirm what makes America strong—our commitment to civil liberties and to responsible actions abroad. Today we mourn, but we must not lose the values that we hold dear...
...power to confront such issues because it's primarily entertainment." Rylance also quotes Shakespeare on the role of an entertainer from As You Like It: "Invest me in my motley: give me leave/ To speak my mind, and I will ... / Cleanse the foul body of the infected world." To mourn, to discuss, to try to make things better - the arts world has set itself a mighty task following Sept. 11. And the words are starting to flow...