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...Qaeda through on Sept. 11. In October the Administration created a new Office of Homeland Security to deal exclusively with the job of preparing the country for future terrorist threats. Since he took the job of Homeland Security czar, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge has had some rough sledding; Bush gave him no authority over Cabinet members or agencies, which means he lacks the clout to win crucial bureaucratic fights. But Ridge has shown his skill in the Washington art of writing checks. The Administration's $38 billion homeland-security budget proposes a $380 million system to track the entry...
...rough cut of 9/11 screened for TIME, the chaotic middle section at the WTC is intense. But it's not grisly. In fact, Jules recalls that as soon as he entered the lobby, he saw two people fleeing the building, engulfed in flames, but he chose not to tape them. "I saw that horrible image," he remembers, "and I thought, 'Well, maybe this is censorship, but I don't think anyone should see this...
Ware says the results will not be released to the public because of the experimental aspect of the survey, which he calls a “rough instrument...
...final month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Two million faithful have come to Mecca this year from virtually everywhere - Bosnia, the Ivory Coast, Michigan - and it feels like the most interesting year to be a Hajji since 1183, when a band of Crusaders tried crashing. It's been a rough year for far-flung Muslims, often minorities in their homelands, with allegiances torn and their faith openly challenged as rarely before. This is a chance to be literally surrounded by religious kin. They may ask you a question in a language you don't understand. But it's not going...
...little bit rough,” Cserny said. “I guess they didn’t know what to do against our offense—that’s why they started to become aggressive. But it didn’t work out for them...