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...embassies in East Africa. And it wasn't necessarily the attacks themselves that made him the international center of gravity for Islamist anti-American rage - it was the U.S. response, which was to name Osama bin Laden as the most dangerous man in the world and fire off a slew of cruise missiles onto two continents in a vain, almost panicky attempt to eliminate him and destroy his assets. Radical Islamists everywhere who might once have raised a skeptical eyebrow at the lofty pretensions of bin Laden's rhetorical tilting at the U.S. suddenly treated him with new respect...
...space of a single horrific morning, the September 11th terrorist attacks knocked a slew of news stories off the front page - and wiped them from the public consciousness. Some of the stories were ripe for disposal (Gary Condit, anyone?) while others were left languishing for the attention they deserved (the perennial budget battle...
...assists and dragged down a team-high six rebounds. Coming into last night’s game Pejlto was third in the league in scoring and seventh in rebounds. Pejlto is an early favorite to win Player of the Year with Dartmouth’s Katherine Hanks and a slew of others that could come forward as the season progresses...
...best time to leave a job is while you still love it,” said Davis, whose departure from the University attracted a slew of special guests...
Immediately after the attacks, many sporting events across the globe were postponed. In the ensuing weeks, a slew of players - some members of Austria's soccer team and English cricketers Andrew Caddick and Robert Croft, to give but a few examples - pulled out of international commitments, citing safety concerns. Not that everybody was daunted. U.S. weight lifter Jackie Berube financed her own trip to compete in the World Weight-Lifting Championships in Turkey after the sport's governing body in the U.S. decided it was too dangerous. And 1,000 Irish fans went to Iran to see Ireland qualify...