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Gusmorino recalls many sleepless night masterminding the effort, and ever since his election, he has devoted himself entirely to the council...
...York last week was a city double struck by tragedy, and its fear and grief were distilled in the story of the Gullicksons. During the long, sleepless nights, Naoemi says, she wonders what are the odds of life being so cruel to one family. Losing her husband, she thought, was more than she could bear. But then came her father's doomed flight, and the gaping hole in her life was blasted wider. "I never thought I could feel worse," the 38-year-old widow says. "But Jo would have helped me get through my father's death. I miss...
...those who aren't so trusting, it will be a long, sleepless road to the courtroom. Microsoft is not inclined to give another inch on the deal. Iowa attorney general Tom Miller, leader of the rump, is girding for battle, even as his ranks are decimated. "Before it was Goliath vs. Goliath," he says. "Now it's David vs. Goliath. We don't mind being David." There will be no snoring in his office for some time to come...
...were indeed on the ground in Afghanistan, more than 100 Rangers on a raid to hunt down Taliban leaders and demonstrate that there would be nothing sterile or safe about this war. The night we suffered those first casualties overseas--two confirmed dead in a helicopter crash--brought a sleepless end to a restless week. Day by day, people wrestled with a rising fear that a threshold had been crossed, that we had entered a world where Congress is evacuated and lawmakers discuss the use of tactical nuclear weapons and the tanks roll into Bethlehem and healthy people flood hospitals...
...Every time we see something devastating, it brings back the sleepless nights, the nightmares, the whole dang ball of wax," says Paul Howell, who lost his 28-year-old daughter Karan Shepherd in the bombing. Howell, like Doris Jones, 53, knew immediately after the recent attacks that he would go to New York City to help. Both of them made the trip, sponsored by the Red Cross. Three times a day, they escorted grieving family members on tours of ground zero...