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...World Trade Center, the heroism of the passengers on Flight 93 (who took their murderers to their death and probably saved the White House), the rapid national acceptance of the need for a difficult new world war. In an instant, the yellow ribbons--emblems of America held hostage, of plea bargaining with evil--gave way to star-spangled flags...
...Hitler of Germany. Digging out his old song, Berlin demilitarized the lyric (no more "Make her victorious") and depoliticized it (no more "to the right" because, as he said, "in 1938, there was a right and a left and it had a different significance"). It was now a simple plea for divine protection in a dark time - a plangent anthem in just 40 words...
...plea for responsibility
...Leaflets have explained how to use relief food packets and warned civilians to stay away from combat zones. Commando Solo's broadcasts mix world news stories with sales pitches. A recent show, for example, reported on United Nations efforts to organize Taliban opposition groups and ended with the plea: "this must happen for there to finally be peace in Afghanistan...
...make sure all those retirees know who in Washington abandoned them," Leo W. Gerard, president of the steelworkers' union and owner of the "patriotic" plea at the top of this space, told the New York Times...