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...first met ISAAC STERN when I was a young pianist, just beginning to perform. I was so bowled over by the force of his personality and reputation that it was many years before I realized he was not 7 ft. tall. One of the thrills of being onstage with him was the feeling of belonging he exuded. Once, after a concert in which he had played particularly brilliantly, even though the day had been spent in tiring travel, he said to the rest of us playing with him, "You know, I'm just a stage animal." It was that quality...
...likelihood of terrorism seemed remote for several reasons. The flight originated in Israel, which meant its passengers would have been subjected to the most intense airport security in the world. And bringing the airliner down in mid-flight at 27,000 feet over the sea would be a tall order even for the Stinger missiles believed to have found their way into the hands of the Bin Laden network after the Afghan war. If the plane was indeed brought down by a missile, the odds favor at least a truck-mounted surface-to-air missile system beyond the known capability...
...Commander of the Faithful, has lived in seclusion in a Kandahar compound ever since a 1999 bomb killed 40 people near his old mud-brick home in his former village. He permits no photographs and rarely appears in public. He is said to be 5 ft. 10 in. tall, heavily bearded and imposing despite his stitched-shut eye. He is thought to confer personally with perhaps eight or 10 men whom he has known and trusted for years. His whisper-soft voice wields absolute authority. Yet when a Pakistani delegation arrived for an audience several weeks ago, Omar greeted...
...Word will be overshadowed by the events of Sept. 11. Near the end of the film, a speedboat races across the Long Island Sound. The sun is sinking into the ocean, the sky bleeds gray and orange, and the towers of the World Trade Center stand tall against the distant horizon. It is a striking shot, one that resonates deeply as the action moves into a dark, silent cemetery. A foreboding haze rises into the night air, the movie falls swiftly away...
...really amazing to see how the professors operate in the evening,” Huff said, turning in her tall, leather bar chair. “Many of them are much more accessible and open in the evenings because they have a sense that they are teaching classes geared toward their own colleagues since so many of the extension school students are working professionals themselves. They have a laid back attitude that a lot of students just don’t get to see in the more formal atmosphere of the day school. We really have the best...