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...Scheduled author interviews were instantly canceled by the media. The only authors in demand were those who could speak about newsy topics. Some books were all deemed questionable by publishers, including thrillers (especially ones about terrorism), military titles, books that sport cover images of planes or tall buildings, and humorous takes on travel. The Today Show canceled 27 author appearances...
Things might have turned out differently for Osama bin Laden--and for the denizens of southern Manhattan--if the tall, thin, soft-spoken 44-year-old hadn't been born rich, or if he'd been born rich but not a second-rank Saudi. It might have been another story if, while studying engineering in college, the young man had drawn a different teacher for Islamic Studies rather than a charismatic Palestinian lecturer who fired his religious fervor. Things might have been different if the Soviet Union hadn't invaded Afghanistan, if Saddam Hussein hadn't stolen Kuwait...
...reports from southwestern Asia have suggested an Iraqi role in training last week's terrorists--and not strong enough to put Iraq on the target list for immediate retaliation. Yet even if Saddam was involved, changing the Iraqi regime to one more aligned with Western interests would be a tall order. Defense Department sources tell TIME that a classified study has just concluded that absent a long war--of the sort the World War II Allies fought against Germany and Japan--it is almost impossible for a military intervention from outside to impose changes that stick...
...made the cancellations, it was like a thousand pounds was lifted off me," she says. A national company that provides janitorial services to office buildings--including the World Trade Center--was at a loss as to what to do when its workers began balking at using elevators or entering tall buildings...
...full of grief for my American brothers. For the first time in my life, I cried in front of the TV while watching what happened in the U.S. I don't really have the words to explain what I feel. I would just like to say, Go, America! Stand tall again! GIOVANNI BELLO Bari, Italy