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In fact, White's willingness to be lucky--by which he meant pluck and hustle--is the American predisposition. Everyone (including us New Yorkers) tends to think of this place as radically unlike the rest of America. But now we know differently. Wide-open, vulnerable New York was targeted with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Inner Strengths Of A Vulnerable City | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

The Air Force is well prepared with long-range, precision strike capabilities that have already been proved in battle in Kosovo. And if the targets can be identified, then long-range strikes to disrupt terrorist activities may be warranted. But the resistance of a fanatic foe may be overcome only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Fight the New War | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

So what is the meaning of this wickedness? It says, We are very, very angry at you, Americans, for your smug arrogance in the face of our desperate suffering. That is all. American military and financial might is certainly not even dented. The worldwide network of overwhelming U.S. power continues...

Author: By Nur O. Yalman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Terrorist Mayhem in America | 9/21/2001 | See Source »

Apart from its spine-chilling sound, the Servais has had a spine-chilling history between its last caress at the hands of the Italian master in Cremona and its arrival at the U.S. museum in 1981, via a bequest. It is a tale that helps to draw the line distinguishing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Praise Of Quality | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

Haile-Selassie and his colleagues haven't collected enough bones yet to reconstruct with great precision what kadabba looked like. But they do know it was about the size of modern common chimpanzees, which when standing average about 4 ft. tall. That makes it roughly the same size as its...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Giant Step For Mankind | 7/23/2001 | See Source »

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