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...reason it is possible not to mourn Sept. 10, to believe that the days ahead may be both more painful and more precious, is that there is evidence we are willing to do the hard work by choice, not just because we have to. And so the year can end, and the fires go out at last at ground zero, and Liberty Island reopens, and soldiers guarding the airport at Kandahar drape mine tape on tumbleweed for a Christmas tree and raise a huge American flag, inscribed with the names of slain men and women...
...reason it is possible not to mourn Sept. 10, to believe that the days ahead may be both more painful and more precious, is that there is evidence we are willing to do the hard work by choice, not just because we have to. And so the year can end, and the fires go out at last at ground zero, and Liberty Island reopens, and soldiers guarding the airport at Kandahar drape mine tape on tumbleweed for a Christmas tree and raise a huge American flag, inscribed with the names of slain men and women...
...Thomas in the British Virgin Islands. Bigelow, 60, inherited the properties and has decided to sell them for $1.7 million. The only time he and his wife reconsidered, he says, was in the days after Sept. 11, when owning a private escape from the madness seemed more precious than ever. "We're committed to selling," says Bigelow. "But there are definitely those thoughts...
...argument against prime-time booze is that it's bad for the kids, that we can't just sit by and allow their precious innocence to be shattered by the occasional advertisement for Absolut. That seems a little ridiculous considering the TV landscape is already clogged with beer commercials featuring half-naked women with no discernible brain power and men whose primary goal in life is to be as drunk as possible as often as possible. Or better yet, let's make sure kids are seeing their fair share of fast food advertisements. Yes, of course...
...Americans support a missile defense shield, and the administration appears totally committed to its completion. That does not mean there are not opposing views: There is some feeling that pursuing a missile defense shield at this particular moment is not the best use of resources, national attention - or increasingly precious budget dollars. Democrats who?ve been lobbying (largely unsuccessfully) for increased spending on homeland security measures, worry that deferring so much of the administration?s energy to quitting the ABM treaty and the grueling implementation of a costly missile defense shield may leave other expensive programs - like increased border security...