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...Meanwhile, the new generals of Homeland Security tried to button down the country, knowing that any U.S. attack is likely to trigger a retaliatory strike and that this time we need to be ready. We will just have to get used to something we have never seen: the regular sight of soldiers on our streets, in the airports, at the malls. In Los Angeles security guards were searching old ladies' pocketbooks as they arrived at the Tony Bennett concert. There are no more public tours of the Alabama Army depot where they store 2,254 tons of nerve-gas shells...
...night. A handful of pilotless drone airplanes backs them up, working the skies over the country, looking for hints--a small convoy kicking up dust, for example--of bin Laden or his allies. And though most of the fighters the U.S. is seeking may now be well out of sight of the drones or commandos, military planners tell TIME they hope to change that by applying some pressure: launching disruptive tactical air strikes. "It's like turning on the light in your first apartment," an Army planner said. "Lots of roaches start running." Explains another: "[Our goal] is getting them...
...Meanwhile, the new generals of Homeland Security tried to button down the country, knowing that any U.S. attack is likely to trigger a retaliatory strike and that this time we need to be ready. We will just have to get used to something we have never seen: the regular sight of soldiers on our streets, in the airports, at the malls. In Los Angeles security guards were searching old ladies' pocketbooks as they arrived at the Tony Bennett concert. There are no more public tours of the Alabama Army depot where they store 2,254 tons of nerve-gas shells...
...night. A handful of pilotless drone airplanes backs them up, working the skies over the country, looking for hints--a small convoy kicking up dust, for example--of bin Laden or his allies. And though most of the fighters the U.S. is seeking may now be well out of sight of the drones or commandos, military planners tell TIME they hope to change that by applying some pressure: launching disruptive tactical air strikes. "It's like turning on the light in your first apartment," an Army planner said. "Lots of roaches start running." Explains another: "[Our goal] is getting them...
...sight of a small, somewhat bedraggled white dog named Jessica greets most students hurrying down Plympton Street towards the Yard. On sunny days Jessica often lays quietly on the steps of the Grolier Poetry Shop. It was from these steps that, years ago, a 15 year-old Louisa Solano first peered into the store, and was struck by the unshakable feeling that someday she would own the place...