Word: tearful
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...should model our troop withdrawal on the British pullout from Dunkirk in 1940. Commandeer everything that flies and floats. Do it under cover of smoke and tear gas or fighter escort if necessary. Burn the equipment, but get the soldiers out now. Dunkirk was a defeat for the Brits, but the spirit that emerged from the rescue operation galvanized them for ultimate victory. We might claim some of that spirit by rescuing our soldiers right away. Doug Dix, Bloomfield, Conn...
Almost a week after a Minneapolis bridge unexpectedly collapsed, National Transportation Safety Board investigators are struggling to determine the catastrophe's cause. They are considering factors such as wear and tear, weather, or the weight of a construction project taking place at the time that closed half of the bridge's eight lanes. But within the next decade, engineers hope to have technology in place that will allow the bridges themselves to notify officials when something is out of whack, giving governments the opportunity to fix problems before a disaster occurs...
...swept the countryside, once an LDP stronghold - but it contradicts the beliefs of reform-oriented DPJ members. The party is riddled with such fractures, and many members resent Ozawa, who isn't nicknamed "The Destroyer" because he plays well with others. Ironically, the stress of coping with victory could tear the party apart as competing factions maneuver for newfound power. "I don't think the DPJ can survive this win," says Robert Feldman, chief Japan economist for Morgan Stanley...
...great success for the wrong people? Terrorists may take pride in forcing more and more Western governments to establish a state of strict surveillance. The German Minister of the Interior is about to tear down almost everything that protects the privacy of citizens. Thus terrorists help to make people feel safe but permanently imprisoned. Surely, not a very pleasant way of existence. Hans Gerbig, BATZENHOFEN, GERMANY...
...installed a moderate imam in the place of the fiery extremist leaders whom it blames for this month's violence. But when it was reopened Friday, hundreds of the mosque's former students clashed with police and overran the building, daubing its pale walls with red paint. Police fired tear gas and arrested dozens of protesters. The suicide bomb went off in a restaurant behind the mosque just as police had finally taken control of the riot. The explosion killed at least 13 people, including eight policemen who had gathered as part of the security detail around the mosque. Witnesses...