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...year ago in Tehran, I noticed a defiantly goofy graffito inscribed on the wall of the old U.S. embassy building, the compound where the American hostages were held in 1979: ON THE DAY THE U.S. WILL PRAISE US, WE WILL MOURN. This was an official slogan - in Iran, as in America, graffiti are the work of miscreants, but in Iran the miscreants run the country - and it was an unintentionally revealing one: the mullahs are terrified of better relations with the U.S. Without the Great Satan, they have no excuse for, and no way to divert attention from, the dreadful...
There will always be those who dare to take great risks. Rather than mourn their loss, we should value their contributions. Let's learn from our mistakes and move on. They would want us to. JESSE BROWN Purcellville...
...While we mourn the deaths of so many young people under such ordinary yet tragic circumstances, America must draw the lessons necessary to prevent a repeat of these disasters. Patrons must be mindful of their own safety, and owners and regulators must establish acceptable standards to help insure it. Avoiding a repeat of these recent events is absolutely necessary, and requires constant attention...
...even with the fortitude to continue on in spite of tragedy, America pauses in the journey to mourn the heroes we have lost. And we do not lament alone, for this was an international tragedy. The hauntingly horrid vision of the Columbia’s archangelic descent was seen around the world. Aboard the ship was Israel’s first astronaut, who had become a national hero in his home country before he ever stepped foot on the Space Shuttle. The pain is also felt deeply here at Harvard, for a certain kinship is shared amongst those?...
Quincy House Superintendent Ronald W. Levesque said he told Manuel Barbosa to take as much time off as necessary to mourn the deaths of his family members. Barbosa has worked at Harvard for five years...