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...year, we were still asking if and how 9/11 would change pop culture. In 2002 we got some answers. Defying warnings of tragedy fatigue, books about 9/11 (Bush at War, Let's Roll, The Cell) dominated the best-seller lists. CBS drew some 39 million viewers for 9/11, a tear-jerking documentary shot inside the World Trade Center on the day of the attacks. All broadcast and many cable networks tossed out their normal programming schedules (and their advertising) on the anniversary, as if supersaturating the airwaves--turning Sept. 11 into a virtual national holiday--could magically confine the terrible...
...thing's for sure with young buyers: custom sells. This fall American Eagle Outfitters, a clothing company, instructed its college-age buyers how to tear up T shirts and embroider jeans--and sold 12% more jeans in the process. Nike iD lets customers help design their own sneakers...
TISSUE REPAIR: Failing joints can cause surrounding muscle, ligaments and tendons to tear or rip away from bones, requiring surgery to reattach or repair them...
...high school to seize a student over a homicide stemming from a gang fight. Outraged over the manner of the arrest by what is an unpopular force, hundreds of fellow students took to the streets and set fire to a pair of police motorcycles before being repelled by tear gas. They regrouped the next day and, armed with rocks and slingshots, marched toward police headquarters. The police fired warning shots in the air, then apparently aimed lower, killing a 14-year-old and fatally wounding an 18-year-old. The mob erupted in fury. President Xanana Gusmao, widely revered...
...guides have glossy covers and are printed on higher-quality paper to resist wear and tear, Brumagim said. The books are also more compact to make them easier for travellers to pack, she said...