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...interview at all, but went ahead thinking that she would regret it if she passed the opportunity up. Stumped by what to possibly ask a woman who had already been asked every question imaginable, Gross read the Lewinsky memoir as part of her preparatory research. She recalls being struck by how much it read like a romance novel, especially given the realities of the relationship. When she posed this contradiction to Lewinsky during the interview, Lewinsky chose to walk out. Gross went on to address the ethics of doing an interview in which both interviewer and interviewee are equally uncomfortable...
...thought it was brilliant,” he said. “They were so smart because they had us address all the issues left on the table after the attacks without making us relive the horror of the attacks.” Kaplan pointed out that what struck him the most “were the things that weren’t there—all those cheap thrills that some newscasts can’t live without...
...traffic light in this Pakistani port city, a boy was weaving between cars and motor-rickshaws, selling posters of Osama bin Laden. My friend bought one, and we were both struck by the expression on Osama's face. It was ascetic and yet sensual, as he floated above an Afghan mountain range where an eagle was ripping its claws into an American F-16 jet fighter as if it was some hapless pigeon...
Some people speak of wanting an America to emerge from these events that is stronger and more proud. I wish to see an America emerge that is humbler and more humane. An America that will lower its flags to half-mast when another country is struck by brutality, that will call its citizens to vigils when peace is threatened abroad, that will observe moments of silence for the world’s voiceless victims, that will muster its troops for battles of justice in someone else’s home. We have the power to transform a moment of hypocrisy...
...retaliation for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon came Sunday as forces led by the U.S. government struck 31 targets at three major sites, according to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfield and Air Force General Richard Myers, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...