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...military intervention in Afghanistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden gathers steam, it’s hard to find a single cautionary voice in the mainstream media. Not surprisingly, the nascent movement against “America’s new war” is being told not to challenge the wisdom of its elders. In our democracy, condescension and ridicule are often more effective weapons for stifling dissent than force and intimidation...

Author: By Asha George, Chris Toensing, and Ian Urbina, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Respect Youth Voices | 9/26/2001 | See Source »

...inability to get away [are what] makes these burns so severe," says Dr. Roger Yurt, director of the unit. One patient, scorched by a fireball of debris, lies almost completely swathed in bandages under a tent of heat shields and blankets. Another, propelled forward by a ruptured steam pipe, is scorched along his back and the back of his legs but was miraculously spared on the entire front of his body--a stark representation of the arbitrary line drawn between health and injury, normality and trauma, life and death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hospitals: The Burn Unit | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

...Jews as a political target was symptomatic of a fear of democracy in all its aspectsindividual rights, a competitive economy, and the freedoms of an open society. Because antisemitism was directed against the Jews, it didnt overly concern most other people. Some even thought that letting off steam against the Jews might alleviate frustration, or organize protest, or serve some other positive aim. But blaming the Jews was only a symptom of the refusal to adapt to enlightenment and emancipation. The relative ease and success in attacking the Jews turned antisemitism into the most popular ideology of modern Europe...

Author: By Ruth R. Wisse, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Confronting Antisemitism | 9/21/2001 | See Source »

...fleet in the region, generally about 200 planes to keep an eye on Iraq, could grow to 600 once the Air Force planes arrive - and if all four carriers steam into the region...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buildup Update: The Deployment Continues | 9/21/2001 | See Source »

Even as people streamed down the stairs, the cracks were appearing in the walls as the building shuddered and cringed. Steam pipes burst, and at one point an elevator door burst open and a man fell out, half burned alive, his skin hanging off. People dragged him out of the elevator and helped get him out of the building to the doctors below. "If I had listened to the announcement," says survivor Joan Feldman, "I'd be dead right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If You Want To Humble An Empire | 9/14/2001 | See Source »

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